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STATE OF LOUISIANA

DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

 

October 10, 2006

 

 

General Circular No. 001677

 

To:                   Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors

 

Subject:            Legal Holiday – Tuesday, January 2, 2007 – PROCLAMATION NO. 59 KBB 2006

 

Issue Date:       October 10, 2006

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LEGAL HOLIDAY – TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2007

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WHEREAS,               pursuant to R.S. 1:55(A)(1) and (B) (1)(a), New Years Day, January 1, 2007, 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)(3) empowers the governor to authorize, by executive proclamation, the observance by the departments of the state of other holidays and half-holidays that the governor deems in keeping with efficient administration; and

 

WHEREAS,               the citizens of the state of Louisiana and the officers and employees of the departments of the state will benefit from an additional legal holiday during a period when families traditionally gather together to remember their blessings and promote family values;

 

 

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:              Tuesday, January 2, 2007, 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 Tuesday, January 2, 2007, 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 Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, on this 6th day of October, 2006.

 

 

s/Kathleen Babineaux Blanco               

GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA

 

ATTESTED BY

THE GOVERNOR

 

s/Al Ater                     

SECRETARY OF STATE

 

Sincerely,

 

 

s/Anne S. Soileau

Director