New York Senate Bill S05488 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5488 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to establish- ing Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha as public holidays The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 24 of the general construction law, as amended by 2 chapter 249 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes 4 the following days in each year: the first day of January, known as New 5 Year's day; the third Monday of January, known as Dr. Martin Luther 6 King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday; 7 the third Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last 8 Monday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known 9 as Flag day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth 10 day of July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September, 11 known as Labor day; the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day; 12 the eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thurs- 13 day in November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of 14 December, known as Christmas day; the holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid 15 Ul-Adha, as affixed by Muslim religious law and tradition, and if any of 16 such days except Flag day is Sunday, the next day thereafter; each 17 general election day, and each day appointed by the president of the 18 United States or by the governor of this state as a day of general 19 thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer, or other general religious 20 observances. The term half-holiday includes the period from noon to 21 midnight of each Saturday which is not a public holiday. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07656-01-3