General
Circular No. 001264
To: Heads of State Agencies and Human
Resource
Directors
Subject: Proclamation For New Year's Holidays
Issue
Date: November 26, 1996
There
is quoted below for your information and guidance a
proclamation
issued on November 26, 1996 by the Honorable M. J.
"Mike"
Foster, Jr., Governor of Louisiana.
STATE OF
LOUISIANA
EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT
BATON ROUGE
P R O C L A M A T
I O N
WHEREAS, pursuant to R.S. 1:55(A)(1), New Year's
Day,
Wednesday, January 1, 1997, is a
legal holiday and
a day of rest in the State of
Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 1:55(B)(3) empowers the Governor to
authorize,
by executive proclamation, the
observance within
the state of other holidays and
half-holidays;
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: New Year's Eve, Tuesday, December 31, 1996, 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 New
Year's Eve 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 this state.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, I have
hereunto 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
26th day of
November, 1996.
s/M. J.
"Mike" Foster, Jr.
GOVERNOR
OF LOUISIANA
ATTEST
BY
THE
GOVERNOR
s/Fox
McKeithen
SECRETARY
OF STATE
Sincerely,
Allen
H. Reynolds
Acting
Director