Bill Text: NY A08294 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates September eleventh as a public holiday, known as 9/11 Remembrance day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A08294 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08294-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8294 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY November 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to designating September eleventh as 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 twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday; 7 the third Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last 8 Monday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known 9 as Flag day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth 10 day of July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September, 11 known as Labor day; the eleventh day of September, known as 9/11 Remem- 12 brance day; the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day; the 13 eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday in 14 November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of Decem- 15 ber, known as Christmas day, and if any of such days except Flag day is 16 Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general election day, and each day 17 appointed by the president of the United States or by the governor of 18 this state as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer, 19 or other general religious observances. The term half-holiday includes 20 the period from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is not a public 21 holiday. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13684-01-3