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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 222
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C 189 L 85
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1985 Regular Session
By Representatives Wineberry, Niemi, Lewis, Locke, Allen, Smitherman, Addison, Wang, J. King, O'Brien, Belcher, Lux, Jacobsen, Cole, K. Wilson, Fisher, D. Nelson, Leonard, Appelwick, Unsoeld, Tilly, Holland and Valle
Read first time 1/25/85 and referred to Committee on State Government.
AN ACT Relating to legal holidays; and amending RCW 1.16.050 and 28A.02.061.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 1, chapter 51, Laws of 1927 as last amended by section 1, chapter 77, Laws of 1979 and RCW 1.16.050 are each amended to read as follows:
The
following are legal holidays: Sunday; the first day of January, commonly
called New Year's Day; ((the twelfth day of February, being the anniversary
of the birth of Abraham Lincoln; the third Monday of February, being celebrated
as the anniversary of the birth of George Washington)) the third Monday
of January, being celebrated as the anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther
King, Jr.; the third Monday of February to be known as Presidents' Day and to
be celebrated as the anniversary of the births of Abraham Lincoln and George
Washington; the last Monday of May, commonly known as Memorial Day; the
fourth day of July, being the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence;
the first Monday in September, to be known as Labor Day; the eleventh day of
November, to be known as Veterans' Day; the fourth Thursday in November, to be
known as Thanksgiving Day; the day immediately following Thanksgiving Day; and
the twenty-fifth day of December, commonly called Christmas Day.
Employees of the state and its political subdivisions, except employees of school districts and except those nonclassified employees of institutions of higher education who hold appointments or are employed under contracts to perform services for periods of less than twelve consecutive months, shall be entitled to one paid holiday per calendar year in addition to those specified in this section. Each employee of the state or its political subdivisions may select the day on which the employee desires to take the additional holiday provided for herein after consultation with the employer pursuant to guidelines to be promulgated by rule of the appropriate personnel authority, or in the case of local government by ordinance or resolution of the legislative authority.
If any of the above specified state legal holidays are also federal legal holidays but observed on different dates, only the state legal holidays shall be recognized as a paid legal holiday for employees of the state and its political subdivisions except that for port districts and the law enforcement and public transit employees of municipal corporations, either the federal or the state legal holiday, but in no case both, may be recognized as a paid legal holiday for employees.
Whenever any legal holiday, other than Sunday, falls upon a Sunday, the following Monday shall be the legal holiday.
Whenever any legal holiday falls upon a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be the legal holiday.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to have the effect of adding or deleting the number of paid holidays provided for in an agreement between employees and employers of political subdivisions of the state or as established by ordinance or resolution of the local government legislative authority.
The legislature declares that the twelfth day of October shall be recognized as Columbus Day but shall not be considered a legal holiday for any purposes.
Sec. 2. Section 13, chapter 283, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. as last amended by section 1, chapter 92, Laws of 1984 and RCW 28A.02.061 are each amended to read as follows:
The
following are school holidays, and school shall not be taught on these days:
Saturday; Sunday; the first day of January, commonly called New Year's Day; the
third Monday of January, being celebrated as the anniversary of the birth of
Martin Luther King, Jr.; the third Monday in February((, being the
anniversary of the birth of)) to be known as Presidents' Day and to be
celebrated as the anniversary of the births of Abraham Lincoln and George
Washington; the last Monday in May, commonly known as Memorial Day; the fourth
day of July, being the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence; the
first Monday in September, to be known as Labor Day; the eleventh day of
November, to be known as Veterans' Day, the fourth Thursday in November,
commonly known as Thanksgiving Day; the day immediately following Thanksgiving
Day; the twenty-fifth day of December, commonly called Christmas Day:
PROVIDED, That no reduction from the teacher's time or salary shall be made by
reason of the fact that a school day happens to be one of the days referred to
in this section as a day on which school shall not be taught.