Bill Text: NY A08531 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the second Monday in July each year as a public holiday, to be known as Abolition Commemoration Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-23 - advanced to third reading cal.337 [A08531 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08531-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8531 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY August 7, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW, HEASTIE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to the desig- nation of Abolition Commemoration day 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 347 of the laws of 1984, 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 fourth day of July, known as Independence day; the 10 second Monday in July, known as Abolition Commemoration day; the first 11 Monday in September, known as Labor day; the second Monday in October, 12 known as Columbus day; the eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' 13 day; the fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving day; [and] 14 the twenty-fifth day of December, known as Christmas day, and if any of 15 such days except Flag day is Sunday, the next day thereafter; each 16 general election day, and each day appointed by the president of the 17 United States or by the governor of this state as a day of general 18 thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer, or other general religious 19 observances. The term half-holiday includes the period from noon to 20 midnight of each Saturday which is not a public holiday. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 22 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13595-02-9