Financial institutions may close branches or offices for a holiday if their board approves the closure and at least three business days’ notice is given. The commissioner may also set extra holidays or authorize a holiday in an emergency.
§128. Financial institutions' holidays; regulations A. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1248, §2, eff. June 29, 1995. B. Whenever it is customary or desirable to observe a day or part of a day as a holiday, any financial institution may, at its option, close for business any or all of its branches or offices, provided that: (1) Its board of directors adopts a resolution signifying its intention to close, written notice of which shall be sent to the commissioner; and (2) Prior notice of at least three business days shall be provided by the posting of notices or by publication in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation published in the parish in which the office to be closed is located or through other means of notification. C.(1) The commissioner may issue regulations establishing additional holidays for financial institutions governed by this Title. (2) The commissioner may authorize a financial institution to take a holiday or holidays if an emergency arises. Permission to take such a holiday or holidays may be requested by telephonic or facsimile communication with the office of the commissioner. D. Nothing contained in any law of this state shall in any manner whatsoever affect the validity of, or render void or voidable the payment, certification, or acceptance of a check or other negotiable instrument or any other transaction by a financial institution in Louisiana because done on any holiday, if the payment, certification, acceptance, or transaction could have validly been done on any other day. E. The provisions of this Section are comprehensive, and are intended to and shall be construed as constituting the entire and exclusive authority governing holidays of financial institutions in the state, notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 1:55 or any other statute, rule, or regulation governing the same or similar subject matter. Acts 1984, No. 719, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 3, §1; Acts 1989, No. 132, §1, eff. June 22, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 245, §1; Acts 1991, No. 281, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1248, §2, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 42, §1.