Bill Text: NY S02401 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the designation of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, as a public holiday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02401 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02401-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2401
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sens. COMRIE, DILAN, HAMILTON, PERALTA, PERKINS, SANDERS,
          STAVISKY -- 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 the desig-
          nation of Diwali 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  first Monday in September, known as Labor  day;  the  second  Monday  in
    11  October,  known  as Columbus day; the eleventh day of November, known as
    12  Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday in November,  known  as  Thanksgiving
    13  day; [and] the twenty-fifth day of December, known as Christmas day; and
    14  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  Hindu  lunisolar month of Kartik, known as
    15  Lakshmi Puja, or the Hindu festival of lights, and if any of  such  days
    16  except  Flag  day  is  Sunday,  the  next  day  thereafter; each general
    17  election day, and each day appointed by  the  president  of  the  United
    18  States  or  by the governor of this state as a day of general thanksgiv-
    19  ing, general fasting and prayer, or other general religious observances.
    20  The term half-holiday includes the period from noon to midnight of  each
    21  Saturday which is not a public holiday.
    22    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    23  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.
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