§ 3557. Officers and employees; compensation; transfer. 1. On the
effective date of the transfer of the operations of the Roswell Park
Cancer Institute to the corporation pursuant to an agreement between the
state and the corporation as authorized in this title, officers and
employees of the state employed in Roswell Park Cancer Institute shall
become officers and employees of the corporation; such persons
transferred shall be deemed public officers or public employees as the
case may be, in the civil service.

2. The civil service rights of such persons continuing in service of
the corporation at the time of such transfer and for persons entering
the service of Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation following the
date of transfer shall be governed by the civil service law and
associated regulations except as otherwise provided pursuant to this
title.

3. The salary or compensation of any such officer or employee, after
such transfer, shall be paid by the corporation.

4. The corporation shall, upon transfer, acknowledge and give credit
for all leave balances held by such officers and employees of the state
who become officers or employees of the corporation on the date of
transfer.

5. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law for purposes of
eligibility for promotional examinations offered for state employees
generally, an employee of the corporation shall be entitled to all the
rights thereto as if such employee was a state employee subject to the
pertinent provisions of the civil service law.