Bill Text: NY S02351 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02351 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02351-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2351

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 20, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        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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