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                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. COLTON, SAYEGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental  Oper-
   ations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general construction law, in relation to declaring
   October first, China Day, 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 249 of the laws of 2020, 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 FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER, KNOWN AS CHINA DAY; the
 second Monday in October, known as Columbus day;  the  eleventh  day  of
 November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday 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-holiday includes the period
 from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is not a public holiday.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
 ly  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal  of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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