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                                   4121
 
                        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, CARROLL, M. MILLER, THIELE, DeSTEFANO,
   SMITH, HEVESI, CRUZ, HYNDMAN, COOK, MONTESANO, RA, B. MILLER, PALMESA-
   NO, ASHBY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. TAGUE, WALSH -- read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the general construction law, the transportation law,
   the vehicle and traffic law and the personal property law, in relation
   to designating September 11th Remembrance Day 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 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 ELEVENTH DAY IN SEPTEMBER, KNOWN AS SEPTEMBER
 11TH REMEMBRANCE 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-holi-
 day  includes the period from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is
 not a public holiday.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (e) of  subdivision  4  of  section
 14-f of the transportation law, as amended by chapter 173 of the laws of
 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  Any  complaint  issued  for  an equipment violation, except for a
 violation involving an out-of-service defect or except for  a  violation
 involving  the  operation  of any motor vehicle after it has been placed
 out of service, shall be dismissed by the court before such  summons  is
 returnable if the violation as set forth in the summons is corrected not
 later  than  one-half  hour  after sunset on the first full business day
 after the issuance of the summons and proof of such  correction  as  set
 forth  in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph is submitted to the court.
 For the purposes of this subparagraph, "business  day"  shall  mean  any
 calendar  day  except  Sunday,  or  the following business holidays: New
 Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor
 Day, SEPTEMBER  11TH  REMEMBRANCE  DAY,  Columbus  Day,  Veterans'  Day,
 Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
   §  3. Item (a) of subparagraph (iv) of paragraph c of subdivision 2 of
 section 140 of the transportation law, as separately amended by chapters
 369 and 654 of the laws of 1994, such paragraph as relettered by section
 6 of part G of chapter 58 of the laws of 2012, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  Any  complaint  issued  for  an equipment violation, except for a
 violation involving an out-of-service defect relating  to  load  secure-
 ment,  brake  systems,  steering  components  and/or coupling devices or
 except for a violation involving the  operation  of  any  motor  vehicle
 after it has been placed out-of-service, shall be dismissed by the court
 before  such  summons is returnable if the violation as set forth in the
 summons is corrected not later than one-half hour after  sunset  on  the
 first  full  business  day, or if such complaint involves a farm vehicle
 registered pursuant to subdivision thirteen of section four hundred  one
 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law and operated in conformance with the
 terms of such registration, not later than one-half hour after sunset on
 the third full business day after the issuance of the summons and  proof
 of  such  correction  as  set  forth in item (b) of this subparagraph is
 submitted to the court. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "business
 day" shall mean any calendar day except Sunday, or the  following  busi-
 ness  holidays:  New  Year's  Day,  Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day,
 Independence Day, Labor Day, SEPTEMBER 11TH  REMEMBRANCE  DAY,  Columbus
 Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
   § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 376-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended  by  chapter  302  of  the  laws  of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. Any complaint issued for any violation  of  section  three  hundred
 seventy-five,  three  hundred seventy-six or three hundred eighty-one of
 this  article  relative  to  required  equipment,  except  a   violation
 described in subdivision two of this section, subdivision forty-seven of
 section  three  hundred  seventy-five  of this article, and except for a
 violation relating to service brakes, shall be dismissed  by  the  court
 before  which the summons is returnable if the violation as set forth in
 the summons is corrected not later than one-half hour  after  sunset  on
 the  first full business day after the issuance of the summons and proof
 of such correction as set forth in subdivision five of this  section  is
 submitted  to the court. For the purposes of this subdivision, "business
 day" shall mean any calendar day except  Saturday  and  Sunday,  or  the
 following  business  holidays:  New  Year's  Day, Washington's Birthday,

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 Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,  SEPTEMBER  11TH  REMEMBRANCE
 DAY, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
   §  5.  Subdivision  6  of section 426 of the personal property law, as
 added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
   6. "Business day" shall mean any calendar day except  Sunday,  or  the
 following  business  holidays:  New  Year's  Day, Washington's Birthday,
 Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,  SEPTEMBER  11TH  REMEMBRANCE
 DAY, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
   §  6.  Subdivision  7  of section 441 of the personal property law, as
 added by chapter 326 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   7. "Business day" shall mean any calendar day except  Sunday,  or  the
 following  business  holidays:  New  Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day,
 Washington's  Birthday,  Memorial  Day,  Independence  Day,  Labor  Day,
 SEPTEMBER 11TH REMEMBRANCE DAY, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving
 Day, and Christmas Day.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.