Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

 SB300
 211072-1
 By Senators Figures, Elliott, Singleton, Whatley, Hatcher,
 Allen, Beasley, Reed, Smitherman, Waggoner, Coleman-Madison,
 Marsh, Givhan, Scofield, Gudger, Livingston, Stutts, Butler,
 Chesteen, Roberts, Williams, Jones, Albritton, Sessions, Orr,
 Barfoot and Price
 RFD: Governmental Affairs
 First Read: 03-MAR-21
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  211072-1:n:03/02/2021:HB/ma LSA2021-705
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  SYNOPSIS:              Under existing law, Robert E. Lee's Birthday
               is an enumerated legal public holiday observed on
              the third Monday in January.
                        This Bill would specify that Robert E. Lee
              Day would be observed on the second Monday in
              October.
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                                  A BILL
                              TO BE ENTITLED
                                  AN ACT
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             Relating to state holidays; to amend Section 1-3-8
 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to specify that Robert E. Lee Day
 would be observed on the second Monday in October.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
             Section 1. Section 1-3-8, Code of Alabama 1975, is
 amended to read as follows
             "1-3-8.
             "(a) Sunday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Martin
 Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, Robert E. Lee's Birthday Lee Day,
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  George Washington's birthday, Thomas Jefferson's birthday,
  Confederate Memorial Day, National Memorial Day, Jefferson
  Davis' birthday, the Fourth day of July, Labor Day, Columbus
  Day and Fraternal Day, Veterans Day, American Indian Heritage
  Day, and the day designated by the Governor for public
  thanksgiving shall each be deemed a holiday. If any holiday
  falls on Sunday, the following day is the holiday. If any
  holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding day is the holiday.
  Veterans Day shall be observed by the closing of all state,
 county, and municipal offices, all banks located within this
 state, and the public schools on such day. Public schools,
 grades K to 12, inclusive, and all public two-year
 institutions of higher education shall also be closed on
 National Memorial Day, and such closing shall be applicable to
 all students and non-essential employees. The Superintendent
 of Banks, with the concurrence of not less than two members of
 the State Banking Board, may authorize any state bank to close
 on National Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, and on such
 other days as may be declared by the Governor to be state
 holidays in honor of a special event. If any authorized state
 holiday falls on Friday, the Superintendent of Banks may
 authorize the Saturday following that Friday to be a holiday.
 The superintendent may also authorize the closing of banks at
 12:00 noon on the day prior to Christmas Day, and the day
 prior to New Year's Day, if such days fall on business days.
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            "(b) Of the above enumerated legal public holidays,
  the following shall be observed on the dates herein
  prescribed:
            "(1) Robert E. Lee's Birthday Lee Day- the third the
  second Monday in January October.
            "(2) George Washington's birthday - the third Monday
  in February.
            "(3) Confederate Memorial Day - the fourth Monday in
  April.
           "(4) Jefferson Davis' birthday - the first Monday in
 June.
           "(5) Columbus Day and Fraternal Day - the second
 Monday in October.
           "(6) Veterans Day - the eleventh day of November.
           "(7) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday - the third
 Monday in January.
           "(8) National Memorial Day - the last Monday in May.
           "(9) Thomas Jefferson's birthday - the third Monday
 in February.
           "(10) American Indian Heritage Day - the second
 Monday in October.
           "(c) In addition to the legal holidays provided
 above, Mardi Gras shall be deemed a holiday in Mobile and
 Baldwin Counties and all state offices shall be closed in
 those counties on Mardi Gras.
           "(d) In addition to the legal holidays provided
 above all state employees, except those employed in Baldwin
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  and Mobile Counties, shall be granted one personal leave day
  per year. The personal leave day shall be granted on January 1
  of each year. All state employees employed in Baldwin and
  Mobile Counties shall be granted no personal leave day. All
  such personal leave days granted in any year shall be used by
  the end of the calendar year. All such personal leave days
  shall be scheduled during the year with the approval of the
  supervisor. Supervisors failing to schedule personal leave
  days for employees shall justify that action in writing to the
 Director of State Personnel and the employee shall receive pay
 at a rate not less than the employee's usual and customary
 rate of pay for any personal leave day not taken by December
 31 of each year.
           "(e) All state holidays shall be observed by the
 closing of all state offices. Any state office may remain open
 on a state holiday upon written notice by the appointing
 authority to the State Personnel Board at least 60 days in
 advance of the holiday. Provided, that any state office may be
 opened in the event of an emergency and the State Personnel
 Board may grant a blanket approval for the openings of state
 offices needing to be open on holidays on a regular basis for
 essential services. Any state employee working on a state
 holiday shall receive a day of compensatory leave or paid
 compensation in lieu of the holiday as provided herein.
           "(f) Each employee shall attempt to schedule any
 compensatory leave day provided in lieu of a regularly
 scheduled holiday, subject to the approval of the supervisor,
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  during the quarter that the regularly scheduled holiday
  occurred. If any compensatory leave day cannot be scheduled
  during the designated quarter, the compensatory leave day may
  be accumulated at the request of the employee for up to one
  year. Supervisors failing to schedule compensatory leave days
  for employees within the quarter, unless the day is carried
  forward at the request of the employee, shall justify that
  action in writing to the Director of State Personnel and the
  employee shall receive pay at a rate not less than the
 employee's usual and customary rate of pay for any
 compensatory leave day to which the employee may be entitled
 and which has not been taken.
           "(g)(1) The first day in December of each year is
 designated as Mrs. Rosa L. Parks Day in this state. All
 citizens of this state are requested to devote some portion of
 Mrs. Rosa L. Parks Day to commemorate the accomplishments of
 Mrs. Rosa L. Parks, a woman of great courage, vision, love,
 and faith who helped usher in the modern civil rights movement
 on December 1, 1955, by refusing to give up her seat on a bus
 in Montgomery, Alabama. Each resident of this state is
 requested to observe the day with appropriate activities.
           "(2) Each county and municipality may elect to
 observe Mrs. Rosa L. Parks Day as a holiday."
           Section 2. This act shall become effective on the
 first day of the third month following its passage and
 approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 1-3-8