Bill Text: NY A04913 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the assembly to identify the date of Asian Lunar New Year; declares such day as a public holiday each year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A04913 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04913-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4913

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 24, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. CHANG -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the legislative law and the general construction law, in
          relation to the identification of Asian Lunar New Year and the  decla-
          ration of such day as a public holiday

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 15 of the legislative law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
     3    The respective secretary and clerk shall accurately identify the prop-
     4  er  date  of  each  year's  Asian  Lunar New Year according to the lunar
     5  calendar.  The respective secretary and clerk shall consult with  repre-
     6  sentatives  of appropriate organizations or other officials in identify-
     7  ing such date.  By January first of each calendar  year,  the  secretary
     8  and clerk shall identify and report in writing the calendar dates of the
     9  next  three succeeding lunar new years to the governor, the secretary of
    10  state, the state comptroller, the speaker of the assembly, the  minority
    11  leader  of  the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, and the
    12  minority leader of the senate.
    13    § 2. Section 24 of the general construction law, as amended by chapter
    14  249 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
    15    § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes
    16  the following days in each year: the first day of January, known as  New
    17  Year's  day;  the  third  Monday  of January, known as Dr. Martin Luther
    18  King, Jr. day; the Asian  Lunar  New  Year  as  identified  pursuant  to
    19  section  fifteen  of  the legislative law to be known as Lunar New Year;
    20  the twelfth day of February, known  as  Lincoln's  birthday;  the  third
    21  Monday  in  February, known as Washington's birthday; the last Monday in
    22  May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in  June,  known  as  Flag
    23  day;  the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth day of
    24  July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September, known as

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 4913                             2

     1  Labor day; the second Monday in October,  known  as  Columbus  day;  the
     2  eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday in
     3  November,  known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of Decem-
     4  ber,  known as Christmas day, and if any of such days except Flag day is
     5  Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general election day, and each day
     6  appointed by the president of the United States or by  the  governor  of
     7  this state as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer,
     8  or  other  general religious observances. The term half-holiday includes
     9  the period from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is not a  public
    10  holiday.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section two
    12  of  this act shall take effect on the first Asian Lunar New Year identi-
    13  fied by the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the assembly pursu-
    14  ant to section 15 of the legislative law; provided,  further,  that  the
    15  secretary  of  the senate and the clerk of the assembly shall notify the
    16  legislative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of  the  enact-
    17  ment of the legislation provided for in section two of this act in order
    18  that  the  commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective data
    19  base of the official text of the laws of state of New York  in  further-
    20  ance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law
    21  and section 70-b of the public officers law.