2629 - Transfer of officers and employees.

§  2629.  Transfer  of  officers  and employees. Upon execution of the  agreements for operation of the olympic facilities and the Gore Mountain  ski center made pursuant to sections two thousand six hundred twelve and  two thousand six hundred fourteen of this title, those employees of  the  state  and  the  park district who are determined by the authority to be  essential to the operation  of  the  olympic  facilities  and  the  Gore  Mountain  ski  center  shall,  with the approval of the employer and the  employee, be transferred to the employment of the authority and shall be  eligible for  such  transfer  and  appointment  without  examination  to  comparable  offices,  positions  and employment under the authority. The  salary or compensation of any such officer or employee shall, after such  transfer, be paid by the authority.  Notwithstanding the  provisions  of  this  act,  any  such  officers  or  employees  so  transferred  to  the  authority, pursuant to the provisions of this section, who  are  members  of  or  beneficiaries  under  any existing pension or retirement system,  shall continue to have all rights, privileges,  obligations  and  status  with  respect  to  such fund system or systems as are prescribed by law,  but during  the  period  of  their  employment  by  the  authority,  all  contributions  to any pension or retirement fund or system to be paid by  the employer on account of such officers or employees, shall be paid  by  the  authority;  and  all  such  officers  and  employees  who have been  appointed to positions under the rules and classifications of the  state  civil service commission shall have the same status with respect thereto  after  transfer  to  the  authority  as  they  had  under their original  appointments.