WSR 14-18-078 PERMANENT RULES OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT [Filed September 3, 2014, 8:49 a.m., effective October 6, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: October 6, 2014.
Purpose: The Friday following Thanksgiving is a designated state holiday. SSB 6078 amends the statute that sets out the state holidays and names the holiday falling on that Friday as "Native American Heritage Day." WAC 357-31-005 sets out the statutory state holiday. This proposal amends this rule to conform the listed holidays in the rule with the new name for the holiday provided in SSB 6078. The bill was effective June 12, 2014.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 357-31-005.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 41.06 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-14-122 on July 2, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: September 3, 2014.
Roselyn Marcus
Assistant Director for
Legal and Legislative Affairs
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 05-21-057, filed 10/13/05, effective 11/15/05)
WAC 357-31-005 For the purpose of chapter 357-31 WAC, what days are recognized as holidays?
The following days are designated as holidays for the purpose of chapter 357-31 WAC:
(1) The first day of January (New Year's Day);
(2) The third Monday of January (Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday);
(3) The third Monday of February (Presidents' Day);
(4) The last Monday of May (Memorial Day);
(5) The fourth day of July (Independence Day);
(6) The first Monday in September (Labor Day);
(7) The eleventh day of November (Veterans Day);
(8) The fourth Thursday ((of)) in November (Thanksgiving Day);
(9) The ((day immediately following Thanksgiving Day)) Friday immediately following the fourth Thursday in November (Native American Heritage Day); and
(10) The twenty-fifth day of December (Christmas Day).
Higher education employers may designate other days to be observed in place of the above holidays. Holiday schedules for higher education employers may be determined on a calendar or fiscal year basis. When a higher education employer establishes a modified schedule, paid holidays must be granted based on the modified schedule.
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