GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2021
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SENATE BILL 369
Short Title: Make Election Day A State Holiday. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Garrett, Woodard, and Murdock (Primary Sponsors). |
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Referred to: |
Rules and Operations of the Senate |
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March 30, 2021
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make the statewide general election day an official state holiday and to amend the state human resources act to make that day a paid holiday for state employees.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 103‑4(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(a) The following are declared to be legal public holidays:
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(16) Each statewide general election day."
SECTION 2. G.S. 126‑4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 126‑4. Powers and duties of State Human Resources Commission.
Subject to the approval of the Governor, the State Human Resources Commission shall establish policies and rules governing each of the following:
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(5) Hours and days of work,
holidays, vacation, sick leave, and other matters pertaining to the conditions
of employment. The legal public holidays established by the Commission as paid
holidays for State employees shall include Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
and Veterans Day. Birthday, Veterans Day, and each statewide general
election day. The Commission shall not provide for more than 12 13
paid holidays per year, with three paid holidays being given for Christmas.
(5a) In years in which New
Year's Day falls on Saturday, the Commission may designate December 31 of the
previous calendar year as the New Year's holiday, provided that the number of
holidays for the previous calendar year does not exceed 12 13 and
the number of holidays for the current year does not exceed 10. 11. When
New Year's Day falls on either Saturday or Sunday, the constituent institutions
of The University of North Carolina that adopt alternative dates to recognize
the legal public holidays set forth in subdivision (5) of this section and
established by the Commission may designate, in accordance with the rules of
the Commission and the requirements of this subdivision, December 31 of the
previous calendar year as the New Year's holiday.
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The policies and rules of the Commission shall not limit the power of any elected or appointed department head, in the department head's discretion and upon the department head's determination that it is in the best interest of the Department, to transfer, demote, or separate a State employee who is not a career State employee as defined by this Chapter."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.