BILL NUMBER: SB 1057	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 10, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 3, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 21, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Denham
   (Coauthors: Senators Cox, Maldonado, and Wiggins)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Adams, Davis, DeVore, Gilmore,
Knight, and Nielsen)

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act to amend Section 6703 of the Government Code, relating to
state holidays.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1057, as amended, Denham. State holidays: Veterans Day: state
office closure.
   Existing law recognizes various holidays, including November 11,
known as Veterans Day. Existing law requires that public offices of
the state and state institutions, except for the University of
California, be closed on Veterans Day.
   This bill would  specify   require  that
public offices of the state and state institutions  include,
but are   including, but  not limited to, all
state agencies and the Legislature  , be closed on November 11
for Veterans Day, except as   specified  . The bill
would also state the Legislature's intent that the University of
California also be closed on November  11th   11
 , Veterans Day.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 6703 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   6703.  (a) Public offices of the state, state institutions, and
the University of California shall be closed on Admission Day.
   (b) Public offices of the state and state institutions, including,
but not limited to, all state agencies and the Legislature, shall be
closed on November  11th   11  , Veterans
Day.  If, in a given year, November 11 falls on a Saturday, then
public offices of the state and state institutions, including 
 the Legislature, shall be closed on Friday, November 10. If, in
a given year, November 11 falls on a Sunday, then public offices of
the state and state institutions, including the Legislature, shall be
closed on Monday, November 12.  It is the intent of the
Legislature that the University of California also be closed on the
Veterans Day holiday.