Senate bill NO. 141

INTRODUCED BY S. Morigeau, J. Windy Boy, T. Running Wolf, D. Hawk, F. Smith, S. Webber, M. Fox

By Request of the ****

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LEGAL HOLIDAYS IN MONTANA; ESTABLISHING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY; REMOVING COLUMBUS DAY; AND AMENDING SECTION 1-1-216, MCA."

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

Section 1. Section 1-1-216, MCA, is amended to read:

"1-1-216. Legal holidays and business days. (1) The following are legal holidays in the state of Montana:

(a)        Each Sunday;

(b)        New Year's Day, January 1;

(c)        Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January;

(d)        Lincoln's and Washington's Birthdays, the third Monday in February;

(e)        Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;

(f)         Independence Day, July 4;

(g)        Labor Day, the first Monday in September;

(h)        Columbus Indigenous Peoples' Day, the second Monday in October;

(i)         Veterans' Day, November 11;

(j)         Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November;

(k)        Christmas Day, December 25;

(l)         State general election day.

(2)        (a) If any of the holidays in subsection (1)(b) through (1)(l) fall on a Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday.

(b)        If any of the holidays in subsection (1)(b) through (1)(l) fall on a Saturday, the Friday preceding is a holiday.

(c)        All other days are business days."

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Notification to Montana supreme court. The secretary of state shall send a copy of [this act] to the Montana supreme court. The Montana supreme court is requested to update the definition of "legal holiday" in its rules of civil procedure to reflect the provisions of [section 1].

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Notification to tribal governments. The secretary of state shall send a copy of [this act] to each federally recognized tribal government in Montana.