General Circular 1354

General Circular No. 001354

To: Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors

Subject: July 4th Holiday Proclamation

Issue Date: June 23, 1999

There is quoted below for your information and guidance a proclamation issued on June 9, 1999 by the Honorable M. J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., Governor of Louisiana.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

BATON ROUGE

PROCLAMATION NO. 48 MJF 99

LEGAL HOLIDAY - INDEPENDENCE DAY

WHEREAS, pursuant to R.S. 1:55(A)(1) and (B)(1), Independence Day, July 4, 1999, is a legal holiday and a day of rest in the state of Louisiana;

WHEREAS, R.S. 1:55(B)(4) states that "when 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

WHEREAS, pursuant to statute and custom, when Independence Day falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is designated as a holiday;

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: Monday, July 5, 1999, 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, 1999, 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 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 9^th day of June, 1999.

s/M. J. "MIKE" FOSTER, JR.

Governor of Louisiana

ATTEST BY

THE GOVERNOR

s/ Fox McKeithen

Secretary of State

Sincerely,

Allen H. Reynolds

Director