As Passed by the Senate 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 738 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES BRADING-ALLEN-SULLIVAN-SCHULER-VAN VYVEN- 8
DAMSCHRODER-WILLAMOWSKI-HARTNETT-TRAKAS-MEAD-BUCHY-GOODMAN- 9
TAYLOR-WILLIAMS-ASLANIDES-AUSTRIA-TERWILLEGER-EVANS- 10
FLANNERY-SULZER-CATES-WIDENER-SALERNO-SENATORS GARDNER- 11
SPADA-HARRIS-WATTS 12
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A B I L L
To amend sections 1.14, 124.19, and 3313.63 of the 16
Revised Code to correct a reference to federal 17
law in the Ohio laws designating Memorial Day as 18
a state holiday.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 20
Section 1. That sections 1.14, 124.19, and 3313.63 of the 22
Revised Code be amended to read as follows: 23
Sec. 1.14. The time within which an act is required by law 32
to be done shall be computed by excluding the first and including 33
the last day; except that, when the last day falls on Sunday or a 34
legal holiday, then the act may be done on the next succeeding 35
day which THAT is not Sunday or a legal holiday. 36
When a public office in which an act, required by law, is 38
to be performed is closed to the public for the entire day which 39
THAT constitutes the last day for doing such THE act or before 41
its usual closing time on such THAT day, then such THE act may be 43
performed on the next succeeding day which THAT is not a Sunday 44
or a legal holiday as defined in this section. 46
"Legal holiday" as used in this section means the following 48
days: 49
(A) The first day of January, known as New Year's day; 51
(B) The third Monday in January, known as Martin Luther 53
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King day; 54
(C) The third Monday in February, known as 56
Washington-Lincoln day; 57
(D) The day designated in the "Act of September 18 JUNE 60
28, 1975 1968," 89 82 Stat. 479 250, 5 U.S.C. 6103, as now or 62
hereafter amended, for the commemoration of Memorial day; 64
(E) The fourth day of July, known as Independence day; 66
(F) The first Monday in September, known as Labor day; 68
(G) The second Monday in October, known as Columbus day; 70
(H) The eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; 72
(I) The fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving 74
day; 75
(J) The twenty-fifth day of December, known as Christmas 77
day; 78
(K) Any day appointed and recommended by the governor of 80
this state or the president of the United States as a holiday. 81
If any day designated in this section as a legal holiday 83
falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day is a legal holiday. 84
Sec. 124.19. (A) State holidays shall be the first day of 93
January, the third Monday in January, the third Monday in 94
February, the day designated in the "Act of September 18 JUNE 28, 96
1975 1968," 89 82 Stat. 479 250, 5 U.S.C. 6103, as now or 98
hereafter amended, for the commemoration of Memorial day, the 100
fourth day of July, the first Monday in September, the second 101
Monday in October, the eleventh day of November, the fourth 102
Thursday in November, the twenty-fifth day of December, and any 103
day appointed and recommended by the governor of this state or 104
the president of the United States. Employees shall be paid for 105
these holidays as specified in section 124.18 of the Revised 106
Code.
(B) The board of trustees of a community college, 108
technical college, state community college, or state university 109
or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of 110
the Revised Code may, for all employees of the college or 111
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university, observe on days other than those specified in 112
division (A) of this section any of the holidays otherwise 113
observed on the third Monday in January, the third Monday in 114
February, and the second Monday in October. 115
Sec. 3313.63. Boards of education may dismiss the schools 124
under their control on the first day of January, the third Monday 125
in January, the third Monday in February, the day designated in 126
the "Act of September 18 JUNE 28, 1975 1968," 89 82 Stat. 479 128
250, 5 U.S.C. 6103, as now or hereafter amended, for the 130
commemoration of Memorial day, the fourth day of July, the first 131
Monday in September, the second Monday in October, the eleventh 132
day of November, or the succeeding Monday when that day falls on 133
a Sunday, the fourth Thursday in November, AND the twenty-fifth 134
day of December, and on any day set apart by proclamation of the 136
president of the United States, or the governor of this state as 137
a day of fast, thanksgiving, or mourning, or on the days approved 138
by the board for teachers' attendance at an educational meeting. 139
Section 2. That existing sections 1.14, 124.19, and 141
3313.63 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. 142