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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 10, 2020
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 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hyndman) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to designating
   June nineteenth as a public holiday
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 24 of the general construction law, as amended by
 chapter 347 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes
 the following days in each year:  the first day of January, known as New
 Year's day; the third Monday of January,  known  as  Dr.  Martin  Luther
 King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday;
 the  third  Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last
 Monday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in  June,  known
 as Flag day; THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE, KNOWN AS JUNETEENTH; the fourth
 day  of  July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September,
 known as Labor day; the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day;
 the eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth  Thurs-
 day  in November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of
 December, known as Christmas day, and if any of such  days  except  Flag
 day  is  Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general election day, and
 each day appointed by the president of  the  United  States  or  by  the
 governor of this state as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting
 and  prayer, or other general religious observances. The term half-holi-
 day includes the period from noon to midnight of each Saturday which  is
 not a public holiday.
   § 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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