FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 68

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE CUNNINGHAM (145).

                  Pre-filed December 4, 2006 and copies ordered printed.

D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to holidays.




Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:


            Section A. Chapter 9, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 9.015, to read as follows:

            9.015. For any holiday observed, recognized, or otherwise referred to by any state department or agency, public school, any public institution of higher education, or any political subdivision of this state, such department, agency, public school, institution of higher education, or political subdivision shall, for all purposes, use the traditional name of the holiday, including but not limited to use of the traditional holiday names of "New Year's Day", "Martin Luther King Jr Day", "Lincoln's Birthday", "Washington's Birthday", "Easter", "Truman Day", "Memorial Day", "Fourth of July" or "Independence Day", "Labor Day", "Columbus Day", "Veterans Day", "Thanksgiving Day", "Hanukkah", "Christmas", and "Kwanzaa".