New York S 2227: Changes the designation of the public holiday of Columbus day to Indigenous People's Day

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S02227 Summary:

BILL NOS02227 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03868

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §403, Exec L; amd §§14-f & 140, Transp L; amd §376-a, V & T L; amd §64, Town L; amd §226-a, County L; amd
§24, Gen Con L; amd §§426 & 441, Pers Prop L

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Changes the designation of the public holiday of Columbus day to Indigenous People's day.

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BILL NOS02227 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2227

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 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 2025, 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.
 LBD05965-01-5

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 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"