STATE
OF LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT
OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE
BATON
ROUGE, LOUISIANA
General Circular
No. 001572
To: Heads of State Agencies and
Human Resource Directors
Subject: Legal Holiday- Independence Day
Issue Date: June 17, 2004
STATE OF LOUISIANA
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION NO. 27 KBB
2004
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WHEREAS, pursuant to R.S. 1:55(A)(1) and (B)(1),
Independence Day, July 4, 2004, is a legal holiday and a day of rest in the
state of Louisiana;
WHEREAS, R.S. 1:55(B)(2) 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
NOW
THEREFORE I, KATHLEEN BABINEAUX BLANCO, 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: Monday, July 5, 2004, is declared a legal
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, July 5, 2004, 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 Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton
Rouge, on this 14th day of June, 2004.
s/Kathleen
Babineaux Blanco
GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA
ATTEST BY
THE GOVERNOR
s/Fox
McKeithen
SECRETARY OF STATE
Sincerely,
s/Allen H.
Reynolds
Director