§ 15-2-113. Emancipation Day
August 8 of each year shall be observed as “Emancipation Day,” to honor and recognize the celebration of the action of Andrew Johnson in freeing Andrew Johnson’s personal slaves on August 8, 1863, and the significance of emancipation in the history of Tennessee. This day shall not be a legal holiday as defined in § […]
§ 15-1-101. Legal Holidays
January 1; the third Monday in January, “Martin Luther King, Jr. Day”; the third Monday in February, known as “Washington Day”; the last Monday in May, known as “Memorial” or “Decoration Day”; July 4; the first Monday in September, known as “Labor Day”; the second Monday in October, known as “Columbus Day”; November 11, known […]
§ 15-1-102. Friday Holidays — Optional Suspension of Saturday Business
Whenever January 1, July 4 or December 25 falls on Friday, then any corporation, firm or individual shall, on the succeeding Saturday, have the privilege and option to suspend business activities completely or partially and shall not incur any liability for failure to exercise on such a Saturday all of the lawful functions authorized by […]
§ 15-1-103. Banks — Optional Saturday Business
Nothing in any law shall in any manner affect the validity of, or render void or voidable, the payment, certification, or acceptance of a check or other negotiable instrument or any other transaction by a bank in this state, because done or performed on any legal holiday or on any Saturday between twelve o’clock (12:00) […]
§ 15-1-104. Banks — Optional Suspension of Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday Morning Business
Every corporation, firm or individual doing a banking business in this state has the privilege and option to suspend business activities completely or partially on Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday mornings of each week and shall not incur any liability for failure then to exercise all of the lawful functions authorized by law; provided, that nothing […]
§ 15-2-101. Additional Special Observance Days
Each year the following days are days of special observance: January 19, “Robert E. Lee Day”; February 12, “Abraham Lincoln Day”; March 15, “Andrew Jackson Day”; June 3, “Memorial Day” or “Confederate Decoration Day”; July 13, “Nathan Bedford Forrest Day”; and November 11, “Veterans’ Day.” The people of this state are invited to observe the […]
§ 15-2-102. Mothers’ Day
The second Sunday of May of each year is to be especially observed as “Mothers’ Day.”
§ 15-2-103. Statehood Day
June 1 of each year is declared an historical day to commemorate the admission of the state into the Union, such day to be known as “Statehood Day”; provided, that this day is not a legal holiday.