HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3017        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Eugene L. O'Flaherty

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Eugene L. O'Flaherty

2nd Suffolk

1/21/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3017        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3038

By Mr. O'Flaherty of Chelsea, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3038) of Eugene L. O'Flaherty relative to March seventeenth and June seventeenth as state holidays.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out clause Eighteenth and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-

Eighteenth, “Legal holiday” shall include January first, July fourth, November eleventh, and Christmas Day, or the day following when any of said days occurs on Sunday, and the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, the third Monday in April, the last Monday in May, June seventeenth, the first Monday in September, the second Monday in October, and Thanksgiving Day. “Legal holiday” shall also include, with respect to Suffolk County only, March seventeenth, or the day following when said day occurs on Sunday; provided, however, that the words “legal holiday” as used in section forty-five of chapter one hundred and forty-nine shall not include March seventeenth, or the day following when said day occurs on Sunday.