Florida Statutes § 683.01 — Legal holidays.
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(1) The legal holidays, which are also public holidays, are the following:
(a) Sunday, the first day of each week.
(b) New Year’s Day, January 1.
(c) Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15.
(d) Birthday of Robert E. Lee, January 19.
(e) Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12.
(f) Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday, February 15.
(g) Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February.
(h) Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day, the fourth Thursday in March.
(i) Good Friday.
(j) Pascua Florida Day, April 2.
(k) Confederate Memorial Day, April 26.
(l) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.
(m) Birthday of Jefferson Davis, June 3.
(n) Flag Day, June 14.
(o) Independence Day, July 4.
(p) Labor Day, the first Monday in September.
(q) Columbus Day and Farmers’ Day, the second Monday in October.
(r) Veterans’ Day, November 11.
(s) General Election Day.
(t) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November.
(u) Christmas Day, December 25.
(v) Shrove Tuesday, sometimes also known as “Mardi Gras,” in counties where carnival associations are organized for the purpose of celebrating the same.
(2) Whenever any legal holiday shall fall upon a Sunday, the Monday next following shall be deemed a public holiday for all and any of the purposes aforesaid.
History
History.—RS 2315, 2316; s. 1, ch. 4198, 1893; s. 1, ch. 4487, 1895; s. 1, ch. 4488, 1895; s. 1, ch. 5275, 1903; s. 1, ch. 5392, 1905; GS 3102; s. 1, ch. 6872, 1915; RGS 4846; CGL 6932; s. 1, ch. 16067, 1933; s. 1, ch. 20250, 1941; s. 1, ch. 20525, 1941; s. 1, ch. 22610, 1945; s. 1, ch. 29926, 1955; s. 1, ch. 69-24; s. 1, ch. 73-44; s. 1, ch. 75-158; s. 1, ch. 77-423; s. 1, ch. 78-30; s. 1, ch. 78-298; s. 1, ch. 90-59; s. 1, ch. 2024-83.
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