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TITLE 2. PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY TO STATE GOVERNMENT
Chapter 5. Holidays
Section 2.501. Holidays.
(1) The following are the Government holidays for celebration on the indicated date:
(a) New Year's Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 1st
(b) Kosrae State Constitution Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 11th
(c) Good Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday before Easter Sunday
(d) Federated States of Micronesia Constitution Day . . . May 10th
(e) Gospel Day (Mwo Sasu Day) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 21
(f) Kosrae Liberation Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 8th
(g) Self Government Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 3rd
(h) Thanksgiving Day . . . . . . . . . . . . Last Thursday of November
(i) Christmas Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 25th
(2) A Government employee receives leave with pay for a sufficient period of time to allow him to vote in a Government, national government or municipal government election for which he is qualified and registered to vote.
(3) If the date of a holiday is a Saturday or Sunday, the Governor, following consultation with the Speaker and Chief Justice, provides by written directive for celebration of the holiday on a day which would usually be a workday. With the concurrence of the Speaker and the Chief Justice the Governor may by written directive provide for the celebration of a holiday on a preceding or succeeding Monday or Friday rather than on the date indicated in this section.
(4) The Government may not grant leave with pay or use a similar method to create the effect of a Government holiday.
Background
Subsection (1) was amended by State Law 4-32, State
Law 7-27 and State Law 7-76.