Officers and employees; compensation; transfer

§ 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.