206 - Hours of work and office hours.

§  206. Hours of work and office hours. 1. Subject to the constitution  and general laws of this state and to the  rules  and  regulations  made  pursuant  thereto,  the board of supervisors may fix the number of hours  constituting a legal day's work for all  classes  of  employees  of  the  county  and grant to the employing officer or board the power to stagger  working hours. Time lost in any week because of inclement weather may be  made up during that week and the succeeding three weeks. Nothing  herein  shall   impair  the  effect  of  any  official  proclamation  during  an  emergency.    2. The board of supervisors may fix the hours that the offices of  the  county  clerk,  county  treasurer, clerk of the board of supervisors and  civil office of the sheriff shall be kept open for  the  transaction  of  business.  If  the  board of supervisors does not fix the hours that the  offices described in  this  subdivision  shall  be  kept  open  for  the  transaction  of  business, then those offices shall be kept open for the  transaction of business every day from at  least  nine  o'clock  in  the  forenoon to five o'clock in the afternoon, except Saturdays, Sundays and  holidays.  During  the  months of July and August, such offices shall be  kept open from at least nine o'clock in the forenoon to four o'clock  in  the afternoon of each day, except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.    3.  If  a  holiday  falls  on  a  Saturday,  the  offices described in  subdivision two hereof may close on the day before.    4. The board of supervisors may fix office hours not inconsistent with  this chapter or other law.