§ 33 — Transfer of officers and employees

§ 33. Transfer of officers and employees. Officers and employees of\nany board or department in or of the municipality, selected by the\nauthority, who shall theretofore have passed a civil service examination\nwith reference to the position they then hold, may be transferred with\nthe consent of such board or department to the authority, and shall be\neligible for such transfer and appointment, without examination, and\ntheir salaries or compensation shall, during the effective period of\nsuch transfer, be paid by the authority. The officers and employees of\nsuch municipality transferred to the authority pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section, who are members or beneficiaries of any\nexisting pension or retirement system, shall continue to have the\nrights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to such system\nor systems, but during the period of their employment by the authority\nall contributions to any pension or retirement fund or system on account\nof such officers or employees which would, except for such transfer,\nhave been paid by such municipality, shall be paid by the authority; and\nall such employees shall have the same status with respect to their\npositions after transfer to the authority as they had under their\noriginal appointments. Any employee so transferred may be removed by the\nauthority in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law.\n In addition to the right of reinstatement that such persons so\ntransferred shall have pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-one\nof the civil service law under the circumstances, and in the cases\nprovided in said section, such person shall have the right of\nreinstatement pursuant to said section not only in the service of the\nauthority but also in the service from which such person was\ntransferred.\n