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                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 17, 2020
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 Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to designating
   June nineteenth as a public holiday
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 24 of the general construction law, as amended by
 chapter 347 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes
 the following days in each year:  the first day of January, known as New
 Year's day; the third Monday of January,  known  as  Dr.  Martin  Luther
 King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday;
 the  third  Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last
 Monday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in  June,  known
 as Flag day; THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE, KNOWN AS JUNETEENTH; the fourth
 day  of  July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September,
 known as Labor day; the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day;
 the eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth  Thurs-
 day  in November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of
 December, known as Christmas day, and if any of such  days  except  Flag
 day  is  Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general election day, and
 each day appointed by the president of  the  United  States  or  by  the
 governor of this state as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting
 and  prayer, or other general religious observances. The term half-holi-
 day includes the period from noon to midnight of each Saturday which  is
 not a public holiday.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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