1420-F - Civil service status of officers and employees.

§ 1420-f. Civil service status of officers and employees. Officers and  employees  of  any  board, commission or department of the participating  municipalities may be transferred to the authority  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of the civil service law and shall be eligible for such  transfer and appointment without examination to  offices  and  positions  under  the  authority.  Officers and employees of the municipalities who  are members or beneficiaries  of  any  existing  pension  or  retirement  system  shall  continue  to have the rights, privileges, obligations and  status with respect to such system or systems as are now  prescribed  by  law,  and all such employees who have been appointed to positions in the  service of the municipalites under the  rules  of  the  municipal  civil  service commission of the municipalities 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  the  rules  of  the  appropriate civil service  commission.