§ 1159. Transfer of officers and employees. Any public officer or\nemployee under civil service, selected by the authority may, with the\nconsent of the commission, board or department by which he or she has\nbeen employed, be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible for\nsuch transfer and appointment without examination to comparable offices,\npositions and employment under the authority. The salary or compensation\nof any such officer or employee shall after such tranfer be paid by the\nauthority. But notwithstanding the provisions of this act, any such\nofficers or employees so transferred to the authority, pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section, who are members of or beneficiaries under\nany existing pension or retirement system, shall continue to have all\nrights, pri
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§ 1159. Transfer of officers and employees. Any public officer or\nemployee under civil service, selected by the authority may, with the\nconsent of the commission, board or department by which he or she has\nbeen employed, be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible for\nsuch transfer and appointment without examination to comparable offices,\npositions and employment under the authority. The salary or compensation\nof any such officer or employee shall after such tranfer be paid by the\nauthority. But notwithstanding the provisions of this act, any such\nofficers or employees so transferred to the authority, pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section, who are members of or beneficiaries under\nany existing pension or retirement system, shall continue to have all\nrights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to such fund\nsystem or systems as are now prescribed by law, but during the period of\ntheir employment by the authority, all contributions to any pension or\nretirement fund or system to be paid by the employer on account of such\nofficers or employee, shall be paid by the authority; and all such\nofficers and employees who have been appointed to positions under the\nrules and classifications of the civil service commission of the county\nof Onondaga shall have the same status with respect thereto after\ntransfer to the authority as they had under their original appointments.\nIt is hereby declared that in the interest of efficiency and insofar as\nit may be practicable, all employees engaged in the operation of any\nproperty or properties, except in an executive capacity, at the time\nsuch property or properties shall have been acquired by the authority,\npursuant to the provisions of this act, shall become the employees of\nthe authority. The appointment and promotion of all employees of the\nauthority shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the civil\nservice law (constituting chapter seven of the consolidated laws) and\nsuch rules as the civil service commission of the county of Onondaga may\nadopt and make applicable to such authority.\n