Oklahoma § 25-82.1 - Designation and dates of holidays - Executive Order Acts to be performed on next succeeding business day - State

§ 25-82.1. Designation and dates of holidays - Executive Order Acts to be performed on next succeeding business day - State

employees authorized to observe certain holidays - "Holiday"

defined.

A. The designation and dates of holidays in Oklahoma shall be

as follows: Each Saturday, Sunday, New Year's Day on the 1st day of

January, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday on the third Monday in

January, Presidents' Day on the third Monday in February, Memorial

Day on the last Monday in May, Independence Day on the 4th day of

July, Labor Day on the first Monday in September, Veterans' Day on

the 11th day of November, Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in

November, the day after Thanksgiving Day, Christmas on the 25th day

of December, the day before or after Christmas if Christmas is not

on a Saturday or Sunday, the Thursday and Friday before Christmas if

Christmas is on a Saturday, the Monday and Tuesday after Christmas,

if Christmas is on a Sunday; and if any of such holidays other than

Christmas fall on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be a holiday

in that year and if any of such holidays other than Christmas fall

on Sunday, the succeeding Monday shall be a holiday in that year.

B. The Governor shall issue an Executive Order each year

specifying the dates on which the holidays other than Saturdays and

Sundays designated in subsection A of this section occur. If the

President of the United States declares any day other than those

listed in subsection A of this section as a national holiday, the

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Governor may issue an Executive Order declaring such day a state

holiday.

C. Any act authorized, required, or permitted to be performed

on a holiday as designated in subsection A of this section may be

performed on the next succeeding business day, and no liability or

loss of rights of any kind shall result from such delay.

D. State employees, except for temporary and other limited term

employees, shall be entitled to a day off work without loss of pay

on those holidays specified in an Executive Order issued by the

Governor pursuant to subsection B of this section. Those state

employees, except for temporary and other limited term employees,

who are required to work on a holiday specified in subsection B of

this section shall be entitled to a day off work, without loss of

pay, on an alternative date or payment in lieu thereof at the

discretion of the appointing authority and in accordance with rules

of the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

E. For the purposes of this section, "holiday" means that

agencies whose mission does not require them to be open for business

every day of the year shall be closed for official business.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 235, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 1947. Amended

by Laws 1959, p. 114, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 1959; Laws 1971, c.

54, § 1, emerg. eff. April 2, 1971; Laws 1985, c. 50, § 1, eff. Jan.

1, 1986; Laws 1996, c. 122, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 1996; Laws

1998, c. 47, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2010, c. 371, § 1, eff.

Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 96.