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SF 165

as introduced - 91st Legislature, 2020 1st Special Session (2019 - 2020) Posted on 06/20/2020 08:24am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to state government; making Juneteenth a state holiday; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 645.44, subdivision 5.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 645.44, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Holiday.

"Holiday" includes New Year's Day, January 1; Martin Luther King's
Birthday, the third Monday in January; Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday, the third
Monday in February; Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; new text begin Juneteenth, the third Saturday
in June; new text end Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, the first Monday in September; Christopher
Columbus Day, the second Monday in October; Veterans Day, November 11; Thanksgiving
Day, the fourth Thursday in November; and Christmas Day, December 25; provided, when
New Year's Day, January 1; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11;
or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Sunday, the following day shall be a holiday and,
provided, when New Year's Day, January 1; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day,
November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Saturday, the preceding day shall
be a holiday. No public business shall be transacted on any holiday, except in cases of
necessity and except in cases of public business transacted by the legislature, nor shall any
civil process be served thereon. However, for the executive branch of the state of Minnesota,
"holiday" also includes the Friday after Thanksgiving but does not include Christopher
Columbus Day. Other branches of state government and political subdivisions shall have
the option of determining whether Christopher Columbus Day and the Friday after
Thanksgiving shall be holidays. Where it is determined that Columbus Day or the Friday
after Thanksgiving is not a holiday, public business may be conducted thereon.

Any agreement between a public employer and an employee organization citing Veterans
Day as the fourth Monday in October shall be amended to cite Veterans Day as November
11.