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                                   7370
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. REYES, ANDERSON, EPSTEIN, MEEKS, ROSENTHAL, WOER-
   NER, RAJKUMAR, SIMON, McMAHON, KELLES, DE LOS SANTOS, JACKSON, LAVINE,
   FALL, TAPIA, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to designating
   March eighth 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 249 of the laws of 2020, 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 EIGHTH
 DAY  OF  MARCH,  KNOWN  AS WOMEN'S DAY; the last Monday in May, known as
 Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known as Flag  day;  the  nine-
 teenth  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 Thursday 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-holiday 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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