Bill Text: NY S04027 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-02 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S04027 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04027-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4027
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- 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 Harriet Tubman day
         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    S 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  TENTH
    8  DAY OF MARCH, KNOWN AS HARRIET TUBMAN DAY; the last Monday in May, known
    9  as  Memorial  day;  the  second  Sunday  in June, known as Flag day; the
   10  fourth day of July, known as  Independence  day;  the  first  Monday  in
   11  September,  known  as  Labor day; the second Monday in October, known as
   12  Columbus day; the eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day;  the
   13  fourth  Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-
   14  fifth day of December, known as Christmas day, and if any of  such  days
   15  except  Flag  day  is  Sunday,  the  next  day  thereafter; each general
   16  election day, and each day appointed by  the  president  of  the  United
   17  States  or  by the governor of this state as a day of general thanksgiv-
   18  ing, general fasting and prayer, or other general religious observances.
   19  The term half-holiday includes the period from noon to midnight of  each
   20  Saturday which is not a public holiday.
   21    S  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.
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