STATE
OF LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT
OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE
BATON
ROUGE, LOUISIANA
November 14, 2005
General Circular
No. 001637
To: Heads of State Agencies and Human
Resource Directors
Subject: Legal
Holiday – Monday, January 2, 2006 – PROCLAMATION NO. 65 KBB 2005
Issue Date: November 14, 2005
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WHEREAS, pursuant
to R.S. 1:55(A)(1) and (B) (1), New Years Day, Sunday, January 1, 2006, is a
legal holiday and a day of rest in the state of Louisiana which is observed by
the departments of the state;
WHEREAS, R.S.
1:55(B)(4) states that “[w]hen one or more holidays or half-holidays falls on a
full-time employee’s regular day off, his holiday shall be the closest regular
scheduled workday preceding or following the legal holiday, as designated by
the head of the agency”; and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to statute and custom, because New Years Day falls on a Sunday, the following
Monday, January 2, 2006, shall be designated a holiday;
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, January 2, 2006, is designated 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 (hereinafter
"appointing authority") shall permit the officers and employees under
their control to observe Monday, January 2, 2006, as a day of rest. Nonetheless, an appointing authority shall
have discretion to require said officers and/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 3rd day of
November, 2005.
s/Kathleen Babineaux
Blanco
GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA
ATTESTED BY
THE GOVERNOR
s/Al Ater
SECRETARY OF STATE
Sincerely,
s/Anne S. Soileau
Acting Director