General Circular No. 001321

To: Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors

Subject: Proclamation For Independence Day Holiday

Issue Date: June 26, 1998

There is quoted below for your information and guidance a proclamation issued on June 24,1998 by the Honorable M. J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., Governor of Louisiana.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

BATON ROUGE

PROCLAMATION NO. 24 MJF 98

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LEGAL HOLIDAY - INDEPENDENCE DAY

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WHEREAS, pursuant to R.S. 1:55(A)1, Independence Day, July 4, 1998, 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 half-holidays fall 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 Independence Day falls this year on a Saturday, the preceding Friday should be designated as a holiday;

NOW THEREFORE I, M.J. "MIKE" FOSTER, JR., Governor of the

state of Louisiana, by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:

SECTION 1: Friday, July 3, 1998, 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 Friday, July 3, 1998, 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 judgement, 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 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 24th day of June, 1998.

s/M. J. "MIKE" FOSTER, JR. Governor of Louisiana

ATTEST BY

THE GOVERNOR

s/ Fox McKeithen

Secretary of State

Sincerely,

Allen H. Reynolds

Director