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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5250 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000886 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOLIDAY BUSINESS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Biah, DeSimone, Hull, Abney, Sanchez, Cruz, Morales, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Giraldo, and Kislak |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: January 31, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Corporations |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 5-23-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-23 entitled "Holiday 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Business" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 5-23-1. Definitions. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) “Holiday,” whenever used in this chapter includes: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Juneteenth National Freedom Day, Fourth of July, Victory Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day (but only in those years that the governor by public proclamation 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | designates it as a legal holiday), and Christmas, or on any day that any enumerated holiday is 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | officially celebrated. 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) “Retail establishment,” whenever used in this chapter, includes any business making 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | sales at retail in this state, but this definition does not include victualing houses principally serving 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | prepared food for consumption on and off the premises, including those houses licensed under 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | chapter 24 of this title. 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (c) “Town council,” whenever used in this chapter, includes “city council” except in the 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | city of Providence where it means “bureau of licenses” and any duly constituted licensing authority 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | existing in any other city or town. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | LC000886 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 46 | 46 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 47 | 47 | | OF |
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| 48 | 48 | | A N A C T |
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| 49 | 49 | | RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOLIDAY BUSINESS |
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| 50 | 50 | | *** |
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| 51 | 51 | | This act would add Juneteenth National Freedom Day to the definition of "holidays" to the 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | chapter governing retail business. 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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