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USA Statutes : arizona
Title : General Provisions
Chapter : HOLIDAYS
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1-301 Holidays enumerated
A. The following days shall be holidays:
1. Sunday of each week.
2. January 1, "New Year's Day".
3. Third Monday in January, "Martin Luther King, Jr./Civil Rights Day".
4. Third Monday in February, "Lincoln/Washington Presidents' Day".
5. Second Sunday in May, "Mothers' Day".
6. Last Monday in May, "Memorial Day".
7. Third Sunday in June, "Fathers' Day".
8. July 4, "Independence Day".
9. First Sunday in August, "American Family Day".
10. First Monday in September, "Labor Day".
11. September 17, "Constitution Commemoration Day".
12. Second Monday in October, "Columbus Day".
13. November 11, "Veterans' Day".
14. Fourth Thursday in November, "Thanksgiving Day".
15. December 25, "Christmas Day".
B. When any of the holidays enumerated in subsection A falls on a Sunday, the
following Monday shall be observed as a holiday, with the exception of the holidays
enumerated in subsection A, paragraphs 1, 5, 7, 9 and 11.
C. When any of the holidays enumerated in subsection A, paragraphs 2, 8, 13 and 15
falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday.
D. When the holiday enumerated in subsection A, paragraph 11 falls on a day other
than Sunday, the Sunday preceding September 17 shall be observed as such holiday.
1-302 Closing of offices and courts;transaction of certain judicial business
A. Public offices shall not be open, and no court of justice shall be open or any
judicial business transacted on a legal holiday, except for the following purposes:
1. To give upon its request, instructions to a jury deliberating on its verdict.
2. To receive a verdict or discharge a jury.
3. For the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in a criminal action or in a
proceeding of a criminal nature.
B. Injunctions, attachments, process for claim and delivery and writs of
prohibition may be issued and served on any day.
1-303 Last day for performance of act aholiday; effect
When anything of a secular nature, other than a work of necessity or charity, is
provided or agreed to be done upon a day named or within a time named, and the day or the
last day thereof falls on a holiday, it may be performed on the next ensuing business day
with effect as though performed on the appointed day.
1-304 Arbor day; proclamation
A. The last Friday in April, in each year, shall be known as Arbor Day.
B. The governor shall make proclamation of Arbor Day and recommend that it be
observed in planting trees, shrubs and vines, in the promotion of forest orchard growth
and culture in the adornment of public and private grounds, places and ways and in other
undertakings in harmony with the character of the day.
C. Arbor Day shall not be a legal holiday.
1-305 Election day
A. The biennial primary election day on the eighth Tuesday before the general
election and the biennial general election day on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November of every even-numbered year are not legal holidays.
B. Every public officer or employee is entitled to absence from service or
employment for the purpose of voting pursuant to section 16-402 on the biennial primary
and general election days.
1-306 Korean war veterans' day
A. July 27, in each year, shall be observed as Korean war veterans' day.
B. Korean war veterans' day is not a legal holiday.
1-307 Prisoners of war remembrance day
A. April 9, in each year, shall be observed as prisoners of war remembrance day.
B. The governor shall make proclamation of prisoners of war remembrance day to
commemorate the sacrifices of men and women who suffered captivity in foreign lands while
in the service of our country. The governor shall recommend that teachers and students
of the schools of this state observe this day with appropriate exercises and shall
encourage citizens to contemplate the plight of Americans who have been held captive of
an enemy nation.
C. Prisoners of war remembrance day is not a legal holiday.
1-308 Dr. Cesar Estrada Chavez day
A. March 31, in each year, shall be observed as Dr. Cesar Estrada Chavez day.
B. Dr. Cesar Estrada Chavez day is not a legal holiday.
1-401 Common problem resolution
State agencies that are involved with issues relating to the border between ARIZONA
and Mexico shall, contingent on reciprocity by agencies of the state of Sonora, cooperate
and coordinate with the counterpart agencies in Sonora, Mexico to find mutual solutions
to common problems that affect the agencies on both sides of the border.
1-402 Reports on common problemresolution
The state agencies that are involved in border issues under section 1-401 shall
provide, periodically, recommendations to the legislature on how to resolve problems
relating to border issues.
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