1-1-216. Legal holidays and business days. (1) The following are legal holidays in the state of Montana: (a) Each Sunday; (b) New Year's Day, January 1; (c) Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January; (d) Lincoln's and Washington's Birthdays, the third Monday in February; (e) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; (f) Independence Day, July 4; (g) Labor Day, the first Monday in September; (h) Columbus Day, the second Monday in October; (i) Veterans' Day, November 11; (j) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November; (k) Christmas Day, December 25; (l) State general election day. (2) (a) If any of the holidays in subsection (1)(b) through (1)(l) fall on a Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday. (b) If any of the holidays in subsection (1)(b) through (1)(l) fall on a Saturday, the Friday preceding is a holiday. (c) All other days are business days. History: En. Sec. 10, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 10, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 21, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 10, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Secs. 10-11; re-en. Sec. 10, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 209, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 89, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 32, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. . 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Secs. 10-11; re-en. Sec. 10, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 209, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 89, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 32, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 16, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 19-107(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 431, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 17, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 131, L. 2013.
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