§ 74-I — Transfer of personnel; county, city and town

§ 74-i. Transfer of personnel; county, city and town. 1. When,\npursuant to the provisions of this chapter or of any other law, the\nfunctions, powers and duties exercised by a city or town in the\nadministration of public assistance and care, are transferred or\nassigned, in whole or in part, to a county, provision shall be made for\nthe county to employ so much of the staff employed by such city or town\nin the administration and execution of the functions, powers and duties\nso transferred or assigned as may be practicable and necessary.\nOfficers and employees shall be transferred without further examination\nor qualification and they shall retain their respective civil service\nclassification and status provided that, in determining the officers and\nemployees to be transferred to a county, such officers and employees\nshall be selected within each grade of each class of positions in the\norder of their original appointment in the service of the city or town,\nas the case may be. Officers and employees in the competitive class of\nthe civil service of the city or town who are not transferred to the\ncounty shall have their names entered upon appropriate city or town\npreferred lists, as the case may be, pursuant to section thirty-one of\nthe civil service law. Temporary and provisional employees may be\ntransferred and shall, thereafter, be subject to such examinations as\nare required by law. If the functions transferred are retransferred in\naccordance with the provisions of this chapter, upon such retransfer,\nthe officers or employees who were transferred and who are employed by\nthe county on the date of such retransfer shall likewise be\nretransferred; and, thereafter, they shall be deemed officers and\nemployees of the city or town from which they were originally\ntransferred, and they shall retain their civil service status, rights\nand privileges.\n 2. When, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the functions,\npowers and duties exercised by a county in the administration of public\nassistance and care are transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, to\na city, or are assumed in part by a city or town which elects, pursuant\nto this chapter or any other law, to constitute itself a public welfare\ndistrict, provision shall be made for the city or town to employ so much\nof the staff employed by such county in the administration and execution\nof the functions, powers and duties so transferred, assigned or assumed\nas may be practicable and necessary. Officers and employees shall be\ntransferred without further examination or qualification and they shall\nretain their respective civil service classification and status provided\nthat, in determining the officers and employees to be transferred to the\ncity or town, such officers and employees shall be selected within each\ngrade of each class of positions in the order of their original\nappointment in the service of the county. Officers and employees in the\ncompetitive class of the civil service of the county who are not\ntransferred to the city or town shall have their names entered upon\nappropriate county preferred lists, pursuant to section thirty-one of\nthe civil service law. Temporary and provisional employees may be\ntransferred and shall, thereafter, be subject to such examinations as\nare required by law. If the functions transferred are retransferred in\naccordance with the provisions of this chapter, upon such retransfer,\nthe officers and employees who are transferred and who are employed by\nthe city on the date of such retransfer shall likewise be retransferred;\nand, thereafter, they shall be deemed officers and employees of the\ncounty, and they shall retain their civil service status, rights and\nprivileges.\n