00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 257                                                                          
01 "An Act establishing Juneteenth Day as a legal holiday."                                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 44.12.010(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
04            (a)  The following days are legal holidays:                                                                  
05                 (1)  the first of January, known as New Year's Day;                                                     
06                 (2)  the third Monday of January, known as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s                                    
07       Birthday as provided in (b) of this section;                                                                      
08                 (3)  the third Monday in February, known as Presidents' Day;                                            
09                 (4)  the last Monday of March, known as Seward's Day;                                                   
10                 (5)  the last Monday in May, known as Memorial Day;                                                     
11                 (6)  the 19th of June, known as Juneteenth Day;                                                       
12                 (7) [(6)]  the fourth of July, known as Independence Day;                                             
13                 (8) [(7)]  the first Monday in September, known as Labor Day;                                         
14                 (9) [(8)]  the 18th of October, known as Alaska Day;                                                  
15                 (10) [(9)]  the 11th of November, known as Veterans' Day;                                             

01                 (11) [(10)]  the fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving                                   
02       Day;                                                                                                              
03                 (12) [(11)]  the 25th of December, known as Christmas Day;                                            
04                 (13) [(12)]  every Sunday;                                                                            
05                 (14) [(13)]  every day designated by public proclamation by the                                       
06       President of the United States or the governor of the state as a legal holiday.                                   
07    * Sec. 2. AS 44.12.020 is amended to read:                                                                           
08            Sec. 44.12.020. Holiday falling on Sunday. If a holiday listed in                                            
09       AS 44.12.010, except AS 44.12.010(a)(13) [AS 44.12.010(a)(12)], falls on a Sunday,                              
10       Sunday and the following Monday are both legal holidays.                                                          
11    * Sec. 3. AS 44.12.090 is repealed.