BILL NUMBER: AB 720	CHAPTERED  08/30/05

	CHAPTER  146
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 30, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 30, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Villines
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bogh, DeVore, Klehs, Maze, and Tran)
   (Coauthors: Senators Alquist, Dutton, and Romero)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2005

   An act to add Section 89005.7 to the Education Code, relating to
the California State University.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 720, Villines  California State University: observance of
Veterans Day.
   Existing law prescribes the holidays in this state for state
agencies, public schools, and community colleges. Among the holidays
prescribed in this state is November 11, known as Veterans Day.
   Existing law establishes the California State University under the
administration of the Trustees of the California State University.
Existing law authorizes the trustees to provide, by rule, for the
holidays to be observed by the employees of the university.
   This bill would require every campus of the California State
University to observe November 11 as a holiday by closing on that
day. The bill would also require the university to observe the
following Monday as the Veterans Day holiday when November 11 falls
on a Sunday, and to observe the preceding Friday as the Veterans Day
holiday when November 11 falls on a Saturday.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 89005.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   89005.7.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
   (a) Every campus of the California State University shall observe
November 11, known as Veterans Day, as a holiday, and shall be closed
on that day.
   (b) When November 11 falls on a Sunday, the university shall
observe the following Monday as the Veterans Day holiday. When
November 11 falls on a Saturday, the university shall observe the
preceding Friday as the Veterans Day holiday.