Bill Text: NY A09405 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9405 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Designates March eighth as Women's day in the state of New York as a public holiday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-02 - referred to governmental operations [A09405 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A09405-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9405

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 2, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to designating
          March eighth 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 eighth
     8  day of March, known as Women's day; the last Monday  in  May,  known  as
     9  Memorial  day;  the  second Sunday in June, known as Flag day; the nine-
    10  teenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth day of  July,  known
    11  as  Independence day; the first Monday in September, known as Labor day;
    12  the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day; the eleventh day of
    13  November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday in November, known
    14  as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth  day  of  December,  known  as
    15  Christmas  day,  and  if any of such days except Flag day is Sunday, the
    16  next day thereafter; each general election day, and each  day  appointed
    17  by  the  president of the United States or by the governor of this state
    18  as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer,  or  other
    19  general religious observances. The term half-holiday includes the period
    20  from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is not a public holiday.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11958-01-1