Bill Text: NY A01275 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declares Asian Lunar New Year a public holiday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-23 - enacting clause stricken [A01275 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01275-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1275

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. COLTON, LEE, DAVILA, PAULIN, REYES, SILLITTI --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation  to  declaring
          Asian Lunar New Year a public holiday

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 24 of the general construction law, as  amended  by
     2  chapter 249 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes
     4  the  following days in each year: the first day of January, known as New
     5  Year's day; the third Monday of January,  known  as  Dr.  Martin  Luther
     6  King,  Jr. day; the first day of the second lunar month after the winter
     7  solstice in the preceding calendar year, known as Asian Lunar New  Year;
     8  the  twelfth  day  of  February,  known as Lincoln's birthday; the third
     9  Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last  Monday  in
    10  May,  known  as  Memorial  day; the second Sunday in June, known as Flag
    11  day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth day  of
    12  July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September, known as
    13  Labor  day;  the  second  Monday  in October, known as Columbus day; the
    14  eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday in
    15  November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of  Decem-
    16  ber,  known as Christmas day, and if any of such days except Flag day is
    17  Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general election day, and each day
    18  appointed by the president of the United States or by  the  governor  of
    19  this state as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer,
    20  or  other  general religious observances. The term half-holiday includes
    21  the period from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is not a  public
    22  holiday.
    23    § 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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