§ 489. Temporary assignment or permanent transfer of personnel. The
director, in consultation with the head of the state agency involved and
with the approval of the director of the budget, may provide for the
temporary or permanent assignment or transfer of officers and employees
of state agencies to the office. Employees permanently transferred shall
be transferred without further examination or qualification and shall
retain their respective civil service classification and status. Any
employee who, at the time of such transfer, has a temporary or
provisional appointment shall be transferred subject to the same right
of removal, examination or termination as though such transfer had not
been made. No existing right or benefit, including retirement benefits
or remedy of any character, shall be lost, impaired or affected by
reason of this article. The director of the budget shall be responsible
for timely notification of all such assignments and transfers to the
chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the
assembly ways and means committee. Transfer of employees pursuant to
this article shall be governed solely and exclusively by the provisions
hereof notwithstanding other provisions of the law.