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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5876
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1810
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. NOLAN, 39th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING JUNETEENTH EMANCIPATION DAY AND THE
ISSUANCE OF JUNETEENTH COMMEMORATIVE PLATES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 1-4 of the general statutes be amended to establish June 1
nineteenth of each year as a state holiday, Juneteenth Emancipation 2
Day, in honor of the emancipation of slaves in Texas in 1865, and that 3
chapter 246 of the general statutes be amended to require the 4
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to issue Juneteenth commemorative 5
number plates and the fees for such plates, excluding administrative 6
costs, to be deposited into the General Fund to make grants for the 7
purpose of promoting Juneteenth Emancipation Day. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To establish Juneteenth Emancipation Day as a state holiday and to
create a specialty Juneteenth license plate.