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                                   7154
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 2, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  CHAN  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the general construction law,  the  transportation  law,
   the vehicle and traffic law and the personal property law, in relation
   to designating September 11th Remembrance Day 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 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 ELEVENTH DAY IN SEPTEMBER,  KNOWN  AS  SEPTEMBER
 11TH  REMEMBRANCE  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-holi-
 day includes the period from noon to midnight of each Saturday which  is
 not a public holiday.
   §  2.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 of section
 14-f of the transportation law, as amended by chapter 173 of the laws of
 1990, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (i) Any complaint issued for an  equipment  violation,  except  for  a
 violation  involving  an out-of-service defect or except for a violation
 involving the operation of any motor vehicle after it  has  been  placed
 out  of  service, shall be dismissed by the court before such summons is
 returnable if the violation as set forth in the summons is corrected not
 later  than  one-half  hour  after sunset on the first full business day
 after the issuance of the summons and proof of such  correction  as  set
 forth  in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph is submitted to the court.
 For the purposes of this subparagraph, "business  day"  shall  mean  any
 calendar  day  except  Sunday,  or  the following business holidays: New
 Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor
 Day, SEPTEMBER  11TH  REMEMBRANCE  DAY,  Columbus  Day,  Veterans'  Day,
 Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
   §  3. Item (a) of subparagraph (iv) of paragraph c of subdivision 2 of
 section 140 of the transportation law, as separately amended by chapters
 369 and 654 of the laws of 1994, such paragraph as relettered by section
 6 of part G of chapter 58 of the laws of 2012, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  Any  complaint  issued  for  an equipment violation, except for a
 violation involving an out-of-service defect relating  to  load  secure-
 ment,  brake  systems,  steering  components  and/or coupling devices or
 except for a violation involving the  operation  of  any  motor  vehicle
 after it has been placed out-of-service, shall be dismissed by the court
 before  such  summons is returnable if the violation as set forth in the
 summons is corrected not later than one-half hour after  sunset  on  the
 first  full  business  day, or if such complaint involves a farm vehicle
 registered pursuant to subdivision thirteen of section four hundred  one
 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law and operated in conformance with the
 terms of such registration, not later than one-half hour after sunset on
 the third full business day after the issuance of the summons and  proof
 of  such  correction  as  set  forth in item (b) of this subparagraph is
 submitted to the court. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "business
 day" shall mean any calendar day except Sunday, or the  following  busi-
 ness  holidays:  New  Year's  Day,  Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day,
 Independence Day, Labor Day, SEPTEMBER 11TH  REMEMBRANCE  DAY,  Columbus
 Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
   § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 376-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended  by  chapter  302  of  the  laws  of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. Any complaint issued for any violation  of  section  three  hundred
 seventy-five,  three  hundred seventy-six or three hundred eighty-one of
 this  article  relative  to  required  equipment,  except  a   violation
 described in subdivision two of this section, subdivision forty-seven of
 section  three  hundred  seventy-five  of this article, and except for a
 violation relating to service brakes, shall be dismissed  by  the  court
 before  which the summons is returnable if the violation as set forth in
 the summons is corrected not later than one-half hour  after  sunset  on
 the  first full business day after the issuance of the summons and proof
 of such correction as set forth in subdivision five of this  section  is
 submitted  to the court. For the purposes of this subdivision, "business
 day" shall mean any calendar day except  Saturday  and  Sunday,  or  the
 following  business  holidays:  New  Year's  Day, Washington's Birthday,
 Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,  SEPTEMBER  11TH  REMEMBRANCE
 DAY, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
   §  5.  Subdivision  6  of section 426 of the personal property law, as
 added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
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   6. "Business day" shall mean any calendar day except  Sunday,  or  the
 following  business  holidays:  New  Year's  Day, Washington's Birthday,
 Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,  SEPTEMBER  11TH  REMEMBRANCE
 DAY, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
   §  6.  Subdivision  7  of section 441 of the personal property law, as
 added by chapter 326 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   7. "Business day" shall mean any calendar day except  Sunday,  or  the
 following  business  holidays:  New  Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day,
 Washington's  Birthday,  Memorial  Day,  Independence  Day,  Labor  Day,
 SEPTEMBER 11TH REMEMBRANCE DAY, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving
 Day, and Christmas Day.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.