STATE OF LOUISIANA

DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

General Circular No. 001452

To: Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors

Subject: Proclamation of Veterans' Day 2001

Issue Date: October 24, 2001

There is quoted below for your information and guidance a proclamation issued on October 22, 2001 by the Honorable M.J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., Governor of Louisiana

WHEREAS, pursuant to R.S. 1:55(A)(1) and (B)(1), Veterans' Day, Sunday, November 11, 2001, is a legal holiday and a day of rest in the state of Louisiana,

WHEREAS, R.S. 1:55(B)(4) states that "[w]hen one or more holidays or half-holidays fall on a full-time employee's regular day off, his holiday shall be the closest regularly scheduled workday preceding or following the legal holiday, as designated by the head of the agency"; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to statute and custom, because Veterans' Day falls this year on a Sunday, the following day Monday, November 12, 2001, shall be designated as a holiday;

NOW THEREFORE I, M.J. "MIKE" FOSTER, JR., Governor of the state of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:

SECTION 1: As Veterans' Day, November 11, 2001, falls on a Sunday, pursuant to R.S. 1:55(B)(4), Monday, November 12, 2001, is designated a holiday in the state of Louisiana and shall be observed as a day of rest.

SECTION 2: Insofar as practicable, the appointing authorities and/or heads of all institutions, offices and departments of the state (hereafter "appointing authority") shall permit the officers and employees under their control to observe Monday, November 12, 2001, as a day of rest. Nonetheless, an appointing authority shall have discretion to require said officers or employees to work on the holiday when, in the appointing authority's judgment, it is required for the efficient administration of a state facility, the operation of which is necessary and indispensable to the citizens of the state.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the state of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, on this 22^nd day of October, 2001.

Sincerely,

Allen H. Reynolds

Director