C.R.S. § 24-11-101

Legal holidays - effect.

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24-11-101. Legal holidays - effect. (1) The following days, viz: The first day of
January, commonly called New Year's day; the third Monday in January, which shall
be observed as the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; the third Monday in
February, commonly called Washington-Lincoln day; the last Monday in May,
commonly called Memorial day; the nineteenth day of June, commonly called
Juneteenth; the fourth day of July, commonly called Independence day; the first
Monday in September, commonly called Labor day; the first Monday in October,
commonly called Frances Xavier Cabrini day; the eleventh day of November,
commonly called Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday in November, commonly called
Thanksgiving day; the twenty-fifth day of December, commonly called Christmas
day; and any day appointed or recommended by the governor of this state or the
president of the United States as a day of fasting or prayer or thanksgiving, are
hereby declared to be legal holidays and shall, for all purposes whatsoever, as
regards the presenting for payment or acceptance and the protesting and giving
notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, drafts, bank checks, promissory notes,
or other negotiable instruments and also for the holding of courts, be treated and
considered as is the first day of the week commonly called Sunday.

 (2) In case any of said holidays or any other legal holiday so designated falls
upon a Sunday, then the Monday following shall be considered as the holiday, and
all notes, bills, drafts, checks, or other negotiable instruments falling due or
maturing on either of said days shall be deemed to be payable on the next
succeeding business day. In case the return or adjourned day in any suit, matter, or
hearing before any court comes on any day referred to in this section, such suit,
matter, or proceeding, commenced or adjourned as aforesaid, shall not, by reason
of coming on any such day, abate, but the same shall stand continued to the next
succeeding day at the same time and place, unless the next day is Sunday, when in
such case the same shall stand continued to the next succeeding secular or
business day at the same time and place. Nothing in this section shall prevent the
issuing or serving of process on any of the days mentioned in this section or on
Sunday.

 (3) The provisions of this section shall not operate to prohibit agencies in the
executive branch of state government from doing business on any of the legal
holidays named in this article. Employees under the jurisdiction of the state
personnel system who are required to work on any of the legal holidays named in
this article shall be granted an alternate day off in the same fiscal year or be paid in
accordance with the state personnel system or state fiscal rules.

 Source: L. 03: p. 246, § 1. R.S. 08: § 2940. C.L. § 3802. L. 33: p. 548, § 1. CSA:
C. 79, § 1. L. 53: p. 345, § 1. CRS 53: § 67-1-1. L. 55: p. 439, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 67-1-1.
L. 69: p. 480, § 1. L. 75: (1) amended, p. 792, § 1, effective June 29. L. 79: (3) added, p.
867, § 1, effective May 24. L. 84: (1) amended, p. 669, § 1, effective January 1, 1986.
L. 2018: (3) amended, (SB 18-111), ch. 86, p. 687, § 2, effective August 8. L. 2020: (1)
amended, (HB 20-1031), ch. 43, p. 143, § 2, effective September 14. L. 2022: (1)
amended, (SB 22-139), ch. 149, p. 958, § 4, effective May 2.

 Cross references: (1) For closing days of banks and effect, see § 11-105-103;
for the definition of business day under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code,
which definition exempts holidays, see § 5-1-301 (6); for the school holidays, see §
22-1-112; for the computation of time for civil actions, see C.R.C.P. 6; for the
execution of writ of attachment on Sunday or legal holiday, see C.R.C.P. 102(j).

 (2) For the legislative declaration in SB 18-111, see section 1 of chapter 86,
Session Laws of Colorado 2018. For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1031, see
section 1 of chapter 43, Session Laws of Colorado 2020. For the legislative
declaration in SB 22-139, see section 1 of chapter 149, Session Laws of Colorado
2022.

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