It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 25-2-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 25-2 entitled "Holidays and Days of Special Observance" is hereby amended to read as follows:

{ADD 25-2-8. Disabled American Veterans' Day. -- ADD} The {DEL seventh day of December DEL} {ADD thirty-first (31st) day of July ADD} shall annually be set apart as a day to be known as "Disabled American Veterans' Day" or "D.A.V. day." The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places and otherwise commemorating the disabled American veterans.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.