HLS 15RS-320 ORIGINAL
Regular Session, 2015
HOUSE BILL NO. 18
BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
HOLIDAYS: Provides for a legal holiday in St. Mary Parish
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 1:55(E)(1)(g), relative to legal holidays; to establish the Friday of the Black
3 Bear Festival as a legal holiday in the parish of St. Mary; to authorize the clerk of
4 court of the Sixteenth Judicial District Court to close the clerk's office in observance
5 of the legal holiday; to provide for an exception; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 1:55(E)(1)(g) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง55. Days of public rest, legal holidays, and half-holidays
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10 E.(1)
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12 (g) In addition, in the parish of St. Mary, the Friday of the Black Bear
13 Festival shall be a legal holiday for the purpose of authorizing the clerk of court of
14 the Sixteenth Judicial District Court in the parish of St. Mary to close offices in
15 observance of that day, unless there is an election that requires the office to remain
16 open.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 15RS-320 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 18
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 18 Original Regular Session, 2015 Jones
Abstract: Establishes the Friday of the Black Bear Festival as a legal holiday in the parish
of St. Mary.
Proposed law establishes the Friday of the Black Bear Festival as a legal holiday in the
parish of St. Mary for purposes of authorizing the clerk of court for the 16th JDC to close
offices in observance of the holiday. Provides an exception for purposes of an election.
(Adds R.S. 1:55(E)(1)(g))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.