Statute 55-438: Same; transfer of officers and employees; retention of
benefits and rights; service deemed continuous.
On the effective date of this act, officers and employees
who, immediately prior to such date, were engaged in the performance of
powers, duties or functions of the petroleum products inspection
law pertaining to the
actual inspection of the products specified in
K.S.A. 55-423, and
amendments thereto, and who, in the
opinion of the secretary of agriculture, are necessary
to
perform the
powers, duties and functions of the petroleum products inspection
law pertaining to the
actual inspection of the products specified in
K.S.A. 55-423, and
amendments thereto, shall be
transferred to, and shall become officers and employees of the state
department
of agriculture. Any such officer or employee shall retain all retirement
benefits and all rights of civil service which had accrued to or vested in
such officer or employee prior to the effective date of this act. The
service of each such officer and employee so transferred shall be deemed to
have been continuous.
History: L. 1989, ch. 163, § 14;
L. 1993, ch. 58, § 7;
L. 1996, ch. 105, § 10; July 1.