Fish opener establishment as a state holiday

A bill for an act

relating to state government; making the fishing opener a state holiday; amending

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 645.44, subdivision 5.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 645.44, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Holiday.

(a) "Holiday" includes New Year's Day, January 1; Martin Luther

King's Birthday, the third Monday in January; Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday, the

third Monday in February;
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the state fishing opener under section 97C.395, subdivision 1,

paragraph (a), clause (1);
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Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; Juneteenth, June 19;

Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, the first Monday in September; Indigenous Peoples

Day, the second Monday in October; Veterans Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Day, the

fourth Thursday in November; and Christmas Day, December 25; provided, when New

Year's Day, January 1; or Juneteenth, June 19; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans

Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Sunday, the following day

shall be a holiday and, provided, when New Year's Day, January 1; or Juneteenth, June 19;

or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December

25; falls on Saturday, the preceding day shall be a holiday. No public business shall be

transacted on any holiday, except in cases of necessity and except in cases of public business

transacted by the legislature, nor shall any civil process be served thereon. However, for

the executive branch of the state of Minnesota, "holiday" also includes the Friday after

Thanksgiving but does not include Indigenous Peoples Day. Other branches of state

government and political subdivisions shall have the option of determining whether

Indigenous Peoples Day and the Friday after Thanksgiving shall be holidays. Where it is

determined that Indigenous Peoples Day or the Friday after Thanksgiving is not a holiday,

public business may be conducted thereon.

(b) Any agreement between a public employer and an employee organization citing

Veterans Day as the fourth Monday in October shall be amended to cite Veterans Day as

November 11.

(c) Any agreement between a public employer and an employee organization citing

"Christopher Columbus Day" or "Columbus Day" shall be amended to cite "Indigenous

Peoples Day."