§ 17:33A-17 — Appointment; transfer of personnel.

33. The Attorney General may appoint such personnel, including attorneys and clerical personnel, as necessary to carry out the duties of the office. The personnel charged with investigatory work in the Division of Insurance Fraud Prevention in the Department of Banking and Insurance shall be transferred to the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor as determined by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance and the Attorney General, in accordance with a plan of reorganization, and shall become the Fraud Investigatory Section of the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor. Personnel transferred from the Division of Insurance Fraud Prevention in the Department of Banking and Insurance to the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor pursuant to this section and any such reorganization plan shall be transferred with all tenure rights and any rights or protections provided by Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes or other applicable statutes, as provided in section 8 of P.L.1983, c.320 (C.17:33A-8), and any pension law or retirement system. L.1998,c.21,s.33.