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Rh CHAPTER 57

SENATE BILL NO. 2232

(Senators Mathern, Holmberg)

(Representatives Buffalo, M. Ruby, Schneider)

AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the annual observance of Juneteenth; and to declare an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:

SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows:

Juneteenth.

To commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States, the nineteenth of June of each year is designated and established as Juneteenth for the state of North Dakota.

SECTION 2. EMERGENCY. This Act is declared to be an emergency measure.

Approved April 12, 2021

Filed April 13, 2021