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REFERENCE TITLE: indigenous peoples; civil rights holidays |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session 2021
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SB 1812 |
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Introduced by Senators Peshlakai: Alston, Bowie, Contreras, Engel, Gabaldon, Gonzales, Marsh, Mendez, Navarrete, Otondo, Quezada, Rios, Steele; Representatives Hernandez M, Jermaine, Salman, Tsosie
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AN ACT
amending section 1-301, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to holidays.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 1-301, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
1-301. Holidays enumerated
A. The following days shall be holidays:
1. Sunday of each week.
2. January 1, "New Year's Day".
3. Third Monday in January, "Martin Luther King, Jr./Civil Rights Day".
4. Third Monday in February, "Lincoln/Washington Presidents' Day".
5. Second Sunday in May, "Mothers' Day".
6. Last Monday in May, "Memorial Day".
7. June 2, "Native American indigenous Civil Rights Day".
8. Third Sunday in June, "Fathers' Day".
9. July 4, "Independence Day".
10. First Sunday in August, "American Family Day".
11. First Monday in September, "Labor Day".
12. September 17, "Constitution Commemoration Day".
13. Second Monday in October, "Columbus INDIGENOUS Peoples' Day".
14. November 11, "Veterans' Day".
15. Fourth Thursday in November, "Thanksgiving Day".
16. December 25, "Christmas Day".
B. When any of the holidays enumerated in subsection A of this section falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday, with the exception of the holidays enumerated in subsection A, paragraphs 1, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 12 of this section.
C. When any of the holidays enumerated in subsection A, paragraphs 2, 9, 14 and 16 of this section falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday.
D. When the holiday enumerated in subsection A, paragraph 7 of this section falls on a day other than Sunday, the Sunday following June 2 shall be observed as that holiday.
E. When the holiday enumerated in subsection A, paragraph 12 of this section falls on a day other than Sunday, the Sunday preceding September 17 shall be observed as that holiday.