New Jersey § 52:17b-177

§ 52:17b-177.

a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. of this section and section 6 of P.L.1995, c. 284 ( C.52:17B-174 ), all transfers directed by this plan shall be made in accordance with the “State

Agency Transfer Act,” P.L.1971, c. 375 ( C.52:14D-1 et seq. ), pursuant to agreements between the commission and the Commissioner of Corrections,

the Commissioner of Human Services or the Attorney General, as may be appropriate,

that provide for an orderly transfer of functions, powers, duties and authority including

appropriate changes in the reporting requirements, funding, positions, and administrative

housing. Such agreements shall be made within 90 days of the effective date of this act. b. (1) Teachers transferred shall retain all tenure or, if non-tenured, all time served

toward tenure. (2) No parole officers or Human Services police officers shall be transferred pursuant

to section 8 of P.L.1995, c. 284 ( C.52:17B-176 ), but the commission and the Commissioner of Corrections and the Commissioner of

Human Services, as appropriate, shall arrange through agreement for the assignment

of officers necessary to fill the officer positions transferred pursuant to section

8 of P.L.1995, c. 284 ( C.52:17B-176 ). Parole officers and Human Services Police Officers assigned to the commission pursuant

to such an agreement shall be under the supervision of the commission during the period

of assignment as provided by the agreement between the commission and the appropriate

commissioner but no officer assigned shall, by virtue of such assignment, be considered

an employee of the commission or lose or suffer any diminution of any right, power,

privilege or benefit to which the employee would otherwise be entitled pursuant to

the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, Title 34 of the Revised Statutes,

or Title 43 of the Revised Statutes including any rights, powers, privileges or benefits

as to salary, seniority, promotion, re-employment, retirement, pension or representation

for purposes of collective bargaining. (3) All rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Corrections or the

Commissioner of Human Services pertaining to functions, powers, duties and authority

transferred to the commission pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1995, c. 284 ( C.52:17B-176 ) shall be considered rules or regulations of the commission and, as such, shall remain

in full force and effect until expiration or modification by the commission in accordance

with law.