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. LBD00933-01-3