M E M O R A N D U M

TO:W. Richard Staton, Chairman
FROM:Steven Lane, Committee Clerk
SUBJECT:Committee Substitute for House Bill 2350
DATE:February 17, 1995

Committee Substitute for H. B. 2350, providing that when a designated state holiday falls on a Saturday, that such holiday be observed on the preceding Friday, makes the following revisions to the original bill:
(1) Provides an easy-to-follow listing of each day currently recognized as a legal state holiday;
(2) Removes the provision proposed in the original bill that state, county and municipal workers who opt to work on a designated holiday or day designated as a holiday be compensated at his or her normal rate of compensation;
(3) Provides that when the governor designates a day as time off for public employees, that day may be observed as a nonjudicial day by the courts;
(4) Provides that when a person is legally required to perform an act within a certain number of days, if the deadline falls on a holiday, Saturday, Sunday or day off as designated by the governor, the deadline shall be extended until the next day that is not a holiday, Saturday, Sunday or designated day off;
(5) Provides that if a special election occurs on a Saturday, the prior Friday shall not be observed as a legal holiday; and
(6) Re-establishes provisions which authorize the Court to establish its own policies for addressing holidays and stating that these provisions do not affect legal school holidays as outlined in section two, article five, chapter eighteen-a of the code.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Regular