ENROLLED Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions. ACT No. 671 Regular Session, 2014 HOUSE BILL NO. 1128 BY REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON AN ACT1 To amend and reenact R.S. 1:55(F), relative to legal holidays; to authorize certain employees2 to attend Veterans' Day activities and events with compensation; and to provide for3 related matters.4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5 Section 1. R.S. 1:55(F) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6 ยง55. Days of public rest, legal holidays, and half-holidays7 * * *8 F. Each institution of higher education in the state, through a representative9 appointed by it, shall designate a maximum of fourteen legal holidays per calendar10 year to be observed by all of its employees. If the institution does not elect to11 designate Veterans' Day as one of the fourteen legal holidays to be observed, an12 employee, who is a veteran as defined in R.S. 29:251.2, shall be allowed to attend13 activities or events related to Veterans' Day with compensation and for no more than14 four hours, when the designated day for observance by the state is on a regularly15 scheduled workday.16 SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED: