An Act To Change the Name of Columbus Day to Heritage Day
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0210
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: CASAVANT, HOBBINS, BEAUDOIN, BERRY, BRYANT, HOGAN, LEGG, LOVEJOY, MITCHELL
Amends: 4 MRSA §1051, 9-B MRSA §145, 32 MRSA §4691

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,124th MAl E LEGISLATURE 
FIRST P..EGULAR SESSIOr~-2009 
Legislative'Document . 
No. 210 
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House of Representatives, January 21,2009 
An Act To Change the Name of Columbus Day to Heritage Day 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
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Presented by Representative CASAVANT of Biddeford. 
Cosponsored by Senator HOBBINS of York and 
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MILLICENT M. Mac;F ARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BEAUDOIN of Biddeford, BERRY of Bowdoinham, BRYANT of Windham, 
CAINofqroIlo, HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach, LEGG of Kennebunk, LOVEJOY of 
Portland, MITCHELL of Penobscot Nation. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §1051, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c. 819, Pt. A, § 1, is 
amended to read: 
§l051. Legal holidays 
No court Court may not be held on Sunday or any day designated for the annual 
Thanksgiving; New Year's Day, January I st; Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, the 3rd 
Monday in January; Washington's Birthday, the 3rd Monday in February; Patriot's Day, 
the 3rd Monday in April; Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, but if the Federal 
Government designates May 30th as the date for observance of Memorial Day, the 30th 
of May; the 4th of July; Labor Day, the first Monday of September; Columbus Heritage 
Day, the 2nd Monday in October; Veterans' Day, November 11 th; or on Christmas Day. 
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court may order that court be held on a legal 
holiday when fle the Chief Justice finds that the interests of justice and judicial economy 
in any particular case will be served. The public offices in county buildings may be 
closed to business on the holidays named in this section. When anyone of the holidays 
named in this section falls on Sunday, the Monday folIowing s-flaI-J must be observed as a 
holiday, with all the privileges applying to any of the days named in this section. 
Sec. 2. 9-B MRSA §145, sub-§l, E[i, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 398, Pt. B, §2, is 
amended to read: 
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The 2nd Monday in October, Columbus Heritage Day; 
Sec. 3. 20-A MRS A §4802, sub-§l,~, as enacted by PL 1981~ c. 693, §§5 and 
8, is amended to read: 
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Columbus Heritage Day, the 2nd Monday in October; 
Sec. 4. 32 MRSA §4691, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 571, is amended to 
read: 
2. Business day. "Business day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or the 
following national holidays: New Year's Day; Washington's Birthday; Memorial Day; 
Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Heritage Day, the 2nd Monday in October; 
Veteran's Day; Thanksgiving and Christmas. 
SUMMARY 
This bilI changes references to the federally named Columbus Day to Heritage Day 
for use in the State. 
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