STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1745 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, the transportation law, the vehicle and traffic law, the town law, the county law, the general construction law and the personal property law, in relation to chang- ing the designation of the public holiday of Columbus day to Indige- nous People's day The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The legislature hereby declares that beginning the second 2 Monday in October 2023, the holiday formerly known as Columbus day will 3 be designated as Indigenous People's day. 4 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 403 of the executive law, as amended by 5 chapter 666 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 6 2. The flag shall be displayed daily, weather permitting, on or near 7 the main administration building of every public institution, whenever 8 such institution is open to the public. The flag shall also be 9 displayed, weather permitting, on the following days in each year: the 10 first day of January, known as New Year's day; the third Monday of Janu- 11 ary, known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of Febru- 12 ary, known as Lincoln's birthday; the third Monday in February, known as 13 Washington's birthday; the last Monday in May, known as Memorial day; 14 the second Sunday of June, known as Flag day; the fourth day of July, 15 known as Independence day; the first Monday in September, known as Labor 16 day; the third Friday in September, known as National POW/MIA Recogni- 17 tion day, except if such date of commemoration cannot be observed due to 18 a religious holiday, such observances shall then be conducted on the 19 second Friday in September; September eleventh, known as September 11th 20 Remembrance Day; the second Monday in October, known as [Columbus] 21 Indigenous People's day; the eleventh day of November, known as Veterans 22 day; the fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving day; the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04587-01-3
S. 1745 2 1 seventh day of December, known as Pearl Harbor day; and the twenty-fifth 2 day of December, known as Christmas day, and if any of such days except 3 Flag day is Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general election day, 4 and each day appointed by the President of the United States or by the 5 Governor of this state as a day of general thanksgiving or for display- 6 ing the flag. 7 § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 of section 8 14-f of the transportation law, as amended by chapter 173 of the laws of 9 1990, is amended to read as follows: 10 (i) Any complaint issued for an equipment violation, except for a 11 violation involving an out-of-service defect or except for a violation 12 involving the operation of any motor vehicle after it has been placed 13 out of service, shall be dismissed by the court before such summons is 14 returnable if the violation as set forth in the summons is corrected not 15 later than one-half hour after sunset on the first full business day 16 after the issuance of the summons and proof of such correction as set 17 forth in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph is submitted to the court. 18 For the purposes of this subparagraph, "business day" shall mean any 19 calendar day except Sunday, or the following business holidays: New 20 Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor 21 Day, [Columbus] Indigenous People's Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day 22 and Christmas Day. 23 § 4. Item (a) of subparagraph (iv) of paragraph c of subdivision 2 of 24 section 140 of the transportation law, as separately amended by chapters 25 369 and 654 of the laws of 1994, such paragraph as relettered by section 26 6 of part G of chapter 58 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as 27 follows: 28 (a) Any complaint issued for an equipment violation, except for a 29 violation involving an out-of-service defect relating to load secure- 30 ment, brake systems, steering components and/or coupling devices or 31 except for a violation involving the operation of any motor vehicle 32 after it has been placed out-of-service, shall be dismissed by the court 33 before such summons is returnable if the violation as set forth in the 34 summons is corrected not later than one-half hour after sunset on the 35 first full business day, or if such complaint involves a farm vehicle 36 registered pursuant to subdivision thirteen of section four hundred one 37 of the vehicle and traffic law and operated in conformance with the 38 terms of such registration, not later than one-half hour after sunset on 39 the third full business day after the issuance of the summons and proof 40 of such correction as set forth in item (b) of this subparagraph is 41 submitted to the court. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "business 42 day" shall mean any calendar day except Sunday, or the following busi- 43 ness holidays: New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, 44 Independence Day, Labor Day, [Columbus] Indigenous People's Day, Veter- 45 ans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. 46 § 5. Subdivision 4 of section 376-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as 47 amended by chapter 302 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as 48 follows: 49 4. Any complaint issued for any violation of section three hundred 50 seventy-five, three hundred seventy-six or three hundred eighty-one of 51 this article relative to required equipment, except a violation 52 described in subdivision two of this section, subdivision forty-seven of 53 section three hundred seventy-five of this article, and except for a 54 violation relating to service brakes, shall be dismissed by the court 55 before which the summons is returnable if the violation as set forth in 56 the summons is corrected not later than one-half hour after sunset on
S. 1745 3 1 the first full business day after the issuance of the summons and proof 2 of such correction as set forth in subdivision five of this section is 3 submitted to the court. For the purposes of this subdivision, "business 4 day" shall mean any calendar day except Saturday and Sunday, or the 5 following business holidays: New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, 6 Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, [Columbus] Indigenous 7 People's Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. 8 § 6. Subdivision 12 of section 64 of the town law, as amended by chap- 9 ter 658 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 10 12. Appropriations for Independence day, Memorial day, [Columbus] 11 Indigenous People's day and Veterans day. Any town may appropriate annu- 12 ally such sums as it may deem appropriate for the purpose of defraying 13 the expenses of the proper observance of Independence day, Memorial or 14 Decoration day, [Columbus] Indigenous People's day and Veterans day in 15 such proportion as it may determine. Any town of the first class, or, 16 any town having a population of five thousand inhabitants or more, 17 excepting any such town having a population of two hundred twenty-five 18 thousand inhabitants or more, according to the latest federal census, in 19 which one or more posts, camps or chapters of the Grand Army of the 20 Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 21 the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., the Catholic War 22 Veterans, Inc., the Italian American War Veterans of the United States, 23 Incorporated, the Polish Legion of American Veterans, Inc., the Marine 24 Corps League, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Inc., the American 25 Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, AMVETS, American Veterans of 26 World War II, Masonic War Veterans of the State of New York, Inc., 27 Veterans of World War I of the United States of America Department of 28 New York, Inc., China-Burma-India Veterans Association, Inc., Polish-Am- 29 erican Veterans of World War II, Amsterdam, N. Y., Inc., Polish-American 30 Veterans of World War II, Schenectady, N. Y., Inc., the Sons of Union 31 Veterans, Vietnam Veterans of America, World War Veterans Club of 32 Lindenhurst, Inc. or the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association exists, 33 may appropriate annually an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars 34 for such purpose, and any town having a population of two hundred twen- 35 ty-five thousand inhabitants or more, according to the latest federal 36 census, in which one or more such posts, camps or chapters exists may 37 annually appropriate an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars for 38 such purpose, and any town which has a population of five hundred thou- 39 sand inhabitants or more, according to the latest federal census, in 40 which one or more such posts, camps or chapters exists may annually 41 appropriate an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars for such 42 purpose. Any moneys appropriated pursuant to the provisions of this 43 subdivision shall be a general town charge, except that in any town 44 having a population of two hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or 45 more there shall be a charge on that portion of the town outside of any 46 village therein and shall be assessed, levied and collected from real 47 property outside of any such village. Such sum when collected shall be 48 paid to the supervisor of such town and be disbursed by him in such 49 manner as the town board of such town may direct upon vouchers properly 50 receipted and audited by the town board of such town; except that in any 51 town in which there may be a post, camp or chapter of the Grand Army of 52 the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign 53 Wars, the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., the Catholic 54 War Veterans, Inc., the Italian American War Veterans of the United 55 States, Incorporated, the Polish Legion of American Veterans, Inc., the 56 Marine Corps League, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Inc., the
S. 1745 4 1 American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, AMVETS, American Veter- 2 ans of World War II, Masonic War Veterans of the State of New York, 3 Inc., Veterans of World War I of the United States of America Department 4 of New York, Inc., China-Burma-India Veterans Association, Inc., 5 Polish-American Veterans of World War II, Amsterdam, N. Y., Inc., 6 Polish-American Veterans of World War II, Schenectady, N. Y., Inc., the 7 Sons of Union Veterans, Vietnam Veterans of America, World War Veterans 8 Club of Lindenhurst, Inc. or the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, 9 in any such town, the commanders and quartermasters of such posts, camp 10 or chapter may direct the manner and extent of such observance and the 11 supervisor shall pay the expenses thereof upon the order or orders of 12 the commander or quartermaster of such post, camp or chapter, which 13 orders shall be his vouchers for such payment, and in case there may be 14 two or more posts, camps or chapters of the Grand Army of the Republic, 15 the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the 16 Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., the Catholic War Veter- 17 ans, Inc., the Italian American War Veterans of the United States, 18 Incorporated, the Polish Legion of American Veterans, Inc., the Marine 19 Corps League, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Inc., the American 20 Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, AMVETS, American Veterans of 21 World War II, Masonic War Veterans of the State of New York, Inc., 22 Veterans of World War I of the United States of America Department of 23 New York, Inc., China-Burma-India Veterans Association, Inc., Polish-Am- 24 erican Veterans of World War II, Amsterdam, N. Y., Inc., Polish-American 25 Veterans of World War II, Schenectady, N. Y., Inc., the Sons of Union 26 Veterans, Vietnam Veterans of America, World War Veterans Club of 27 Lindenhurst, Inc. or the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, in any 28 such town, the commanders and quartermasters of such posts, camps or 29 chapters by concurrent action, shall direct the supervisor of such town 30 what proportion of such moneys so raised shall be expended by each of 31 such posts, camps or chapters which proportion shall be paid by such 32 supervisor upon the order or orders of the commander and quartermaster 33 of each of such posts. In case there is a post, camp or chapter in a 34 town adjoining a town in which no post, camp or chapter is located, 35 whose membership includes at least three residents of such town having 36 no post, camp or chapter, the post, camp or chapter shall appoint a 37 committee of not less than three of its members who are residents of the 38 said adjoining town in which the post, camp or chapter is not located, 39 and the supervisor of said town shall pay the expenses of observance of 40 Independence day, Memorial or Decoration day and Veterans day upon the 41 order or orders of said committee or a majority thereof, which orders 42 shall be his vouchers for such payment. 43 § 7. Section 226-a of the county law, as added by chapter 80 of the 44 laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows: 45 § 226-a. Patriotic observances. The county legislature and/or board of 46 supervisors, as the case may be, of any county or borough outside the 47 city of New York, is hereby authorized to appropriate and set aside each 48 year such sums it may deem proper for the purpose of providing for the 49 due and proper observance of any legal holiday, including [Columbus] 50 Indigenous People's day. 51 § 8. Section 24 of the general construction law, as amended by chapter 52 249 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 53 § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes 54 the following days in each year: the first day of January, known as New 55 Year's day; the third Monday of January, known as Dr. Martin Luther 56 King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday;
S. 1745 5 1 the third Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last 2 Monday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known 3 as Flag day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth 4 day of July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September, 5 known as Labor day; the second Monday in October, known as [Columbus] 6 Indigenous People's day; the eleventh day of November, known as Veter- 7 ans' day; the fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving day; 8 and the twenty-fifth day of December, known as Christmas day, and if any 9 of such days except Flag day is Sunday, the next day thereafter; each 10 general election day, and each day appointed by the president of the 11 United States or by the governor of this state as a day of general 12 thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer, or other general religious 13 observances. The term half-holiday includes the period from noon to 14 midnight of each Saturday which is not a public holiday. 15 § 9. Subdivision 6 of section 426 of the personal property law, as 16 added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows: 17 6. "Business day" shall mean any calendar day except Sunday, or the 18 following business holidays: New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, 19 Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, [Columbus] Indigenous 20 People's Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. 21 § 10. Subdivision 7 of section 441 of the personal property law, as 22 added by chapter 326 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: 23 7. "Business day" shall mean any calendar day except Sunday, or the 24 following business holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, 25 Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, 26 [Columbus] Indigenous People's Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and 27 Christmas Day. 28 § 11. This act shall take effect immediately.