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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="1-111" title_number="1" title_name="Rules of Interpretation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this Code and any regulation or directive adopted under it, “legal holiday” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>January 1, for New Year’s Day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>January 15, for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the United States Congress designates another day for observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, the day designated by the United States Congress;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>February 12, for Lincoln’s birthday;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the third Monday in February, for Washington’s birthday;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>March 25, for Maryland Day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Good Friday;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <level label="i">
        <text>May 30, for Memorial Day; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the United States Congress designates another day for observance of Memorial Day, the day designated by the United States Congress;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>June 19, for Juneteenth National Independence Day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>July 4, for Independence Day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>the first Monday in September, for Labor Day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>September 12, for Defenders’ Day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <level label="i">
        <text>October 12, for Columbus Day; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the United States Congress designates another day for observance of Columbus Day, the day designated by the United States Congress;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>November 11, for Veterans’ Day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>the fourth Thursday in November, for Thanksgiving Day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, for American Indian Heritage Day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="16">
      <text>December 25, for Christmas Day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="17">
      <text>each statewide general election day in the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="18">
      <text>each other day that the President of the United States or the Governor designates for general cessation of business.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Code, a legal holiday shall be observed on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the date specified in subsection (a) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if that date falls on a Sunday, on the next Monday after that date.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
