Section 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.