STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4069 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 27, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BIAGGI -- 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 establish- ing Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha as public holidays 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; the 14 holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha, as affixed by Muslim religious 15 law and tradition, and if any of such days except Flag day is Sunday, 16 the next day thereafter; each general election day, and each day 17 appointed by the president of the United States or by the governor of 18 this state as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer, 19 or other general religious observances. The term half-holiday includes 20 the period from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is not a public 21 holiday. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03771-01-9