Section 2629. Transfer of officers and employees

Upon execution of the
  agreements for operation of the olympic facilities and the Gore Mountain
  ski center made pursuant to sections two thousand six hundred twelve and
  two thousand six hundred fourteen of this title, those employees of  the
  state  and  the  park district who are determined by the authority to be
  essential to the operation  of  the  olympic  facilities  and  the  Gore
  Mountain  ski  center  shall,  with the approval of the employer and the
  employee, be transferred to the employment of the authority and shall be
  eligible for  such  transfer  and  appointment  without  examination  to
  comparable  offices,  positions  and employment under the authority. The
  salary or compensation of any such officer or employee shall, after such
  transfer, be paid by the authority.  Notwithstanding the  provisions  of
  this  act,  any  such  officers  or  employees  so  transferred  to  the
  authority, pursuant to the provisions of this section, who  are  members
  of  or  beneficiaries  under  any existing pension or retirement system,
  shall continue to have all rights, privileges,  obligations  and  status
  with  respect  to  such fund system or systems as are prescribed by law,
  but during  the  period  of  their  employment  by  the  authority,  all
  contributions  to any pension or retirement fund or system to be paid by
  the employer on account of such officers or employees, shall be paid  by
  the  authority;  and  all  such  officers  and  employees  who have been
  appointed to positions under the rules and classifications of the  state
  civil service commission shall have the same status with respect thereto
  after  transfer  to  the  authority  as  they  had  under their original
  appointments.