§ 188. Annual increments; compensation on promotion, demotion,
transfer, reclassification, reinstatement or reallocation. 1. Any
employee holding a position or employed pursuant to provisions of
section one hundred eighty-seven of this chapter shall receive the
minimum compensation of the classification or grade to which his
position is allocated, plus the number of increments which corresponds
with the number of his years of service in such position, unless his
service during the year immediately preceding shall have been found to
be inefficient and unsatisfactory under regulations issued pursuant to
this chapter.

2. Annual increments shall take effect on the first day of each fiscal
year, subject, however, to the provisions of section forty-four of the
state finance law. The eligibility of an employee to receive such an
increment shall be determined in the same manner as the eligibility of
an employee in the classified service would be determined under the
provisions of subdivision six of section one hundred thirty-one of the
civil service law. No employee shall receive an increment which will
result in an annual compensation in excess of the maximum established
for his position under this article.

3. If any such employee is promoted, demoted, transferred or
reinstated, to or in a position included in section one hundred
eighty-seven of this chapter, his compensation in the new position shall
be determined in the same manner as the salary of an employee in the
classified service of the state would be determined under the provisions
of section one hundred thirty-one of the civil service law.

4. If the position of any such employee is reallocated, his
compensation in the new title shall be adjusted in the same manner as
the salary of an employee in the classified service of the state would
be adjusted under the provisions of section one hundred thirty-two of
the civil service law.

5. If the position of any incumbent armory employee appointed pursuant
to section one hundred eighty-seven of this chapter, is allocated to a
salary grade for a position comparable to one in the classified service
of the state as set forth in section one hundred thirty of the civil
service law, such incumbent shall be paid the minimum salary of the new
grade and shall be eligible to receive the increments for such grade
based on the number of his years of service in the position as it
existed on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-one.