H. B. 2005

(By Dele
gate Ennis)
[Introduced February 12, 1996; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]

A BILL to amend article two, chapter two of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section one-b, relating to declaring that a national day of mourning after a president's death be a state holiday.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter two of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section one-b, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. LEGAL HOLIDAYS; SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAYS; CONSTRUCTION

OF STATUTES; DEFINITIONS.

§2-2-1b. Death of president.
When a president of the United States dies, any national day of mourning that is declared is hereby declared a state holiday as a show of respect for the president and his or her office.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that a state holiday be declared when a national day of mourning is declared because of a president's death.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.