(1)The department shall, on and after July 1, 1991, execute, administer, perform, and
enforce the rights, powers, duties, functions, and obligations vested in the state
department of highways as a principal department prior to July 1, 1991, concerning
the duties and functions transferred to the department pursuant to this article. On
and after July 1, 1991, the officers and employees of the state department of
highways as a principal department prior to said date whose duties and functions
concerned the duties and functions transferred to the department pursuant to this
article and whose employment in the department of transportation is deemed
necessary by the executive director to carry out the purposes of this article shall be
transferred to the department and become employee
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(1)
The department shall, on and after July 1, 1991, execute, administer, perform, and
enforce the rights, powers, duties, functions, and obligations vested in the state
department of highways as a principal department prior to July 1, 1991, concerning
the duties and functions transferred to the department pursuant to this article. On
and after July 1, 1991, the officers and employees of the state department of
highways as a principal department prior to said date whose duties and functions
concerned the duties and functions transferred to the department pursuant to this
article and whose employment in the department of transportation is deemed
necessary by the executive director to carry out the purposes of this article shall be
transferred to the department and become employees thereof. Such employees
shall retain all rights to state personnel system and retirement benefits pursuant to
the laws of this state, and their services shall be deemed to have been continuous.
All transfers and any abolishment of positions in the state personnel system shall
be made and processed in accordance with state personnel system laws and rules
and regulations.
(2) On July 1, 1991, all items of property, real and personal, including office
furniture and fixtures, books, documents, and records of the state department of
highways pertaining to the duties and functions transferred to the department
pursuant to section 24-1-128.7, C.R.S., are transferred to the department of
transportation and become the property thereof.
(3) The provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall not apply to
functions, employees, and property transferred under the provisions of section 24-42-104, C.R.S.
(4) Whenever the state department of highways is referred to or designated
by any contract or other document in connection with the duties and functions
transferred to the department pursuant to this article, such reference or
designation shall be deemed to apply to the department of transportation pursuant
to this article. All contracts entered into by the state department of highways as a
principal department prior to July 1, 1991, in connection with the duties and
functions transferred to the department pursuant to this article are hereby
validated, with the department of transportation created by this article succeeding
to all the rights and obligations of such contracts. Any appropriations of funds from
prior fiscal years open to satisfy obligations incurred pursuant to such contracts are
hereby transferred and appropriated to the department of transportation created
by this article for the payment of such obligations.