1199-GGG - Transfer of officers and employees.

§  1199-ggg. Transfer of officers and employees. Any public officer or  employee under civil service who is selected by the authority may,  with  the  consent  of  the  commission,  board, department or municipality by  which he or she has been employed, be transferred to the  authority  and  shall  be eligible for such transfer and appointment without examination  to comparable offices, positions and  employment  under  the  authority,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  section,  who are members of or  beneficiaries under any existing pension or retirement fund  or  system,  shall  continue  to  have all rights, privileges, obligations and status  with respect to such fund or system as are now prescribed  by  law,  but  during   the   period   of   their  employment  by  the  authority,  all  contributions to any such fund or system to be paid by the  employer  on  account  of such officers and employees, shall be paid by the authority.  All such officers and employees so transferred to the authority who have  been appointed to positions under the rules and classifications  of  the  civil service commission shall have the same status with respect thereto  after  transfer  to  the  authority  as  they  had  under their original  appointments.  The appointment and promotion of  all  employees  of  the  authority  shall  be made in accordance with the provisions of the civil  service law and such rules as the civil service commission may adopt and  make applicable to the authority.