(1) On and after July 1, 1995, the department of personnel shall execute, administer, perform, and enforce the rights, powers, duties, functions, and obligations vested prior to July 1, 1995, in the department of administration.
(2) (a) On and after July 1, 1995, all positions of employment in the department of administration concerning the duties and functions transferred to the department of personnel pursuant to section 24-1-128, this article, and article 30 of this title and determined to be necessary to carry out the purposes of these articles by the executive director shall be transferred to the department of personnel and shall become employment positions therein. The executive director shall appoint such employees as are necessary to carry out the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law upon the department and the office of the executive director. Any appointment of employees and any creation or elimination of positions of employment necessary to carry out the purposes of these articles shall be consistent with the plan for reorganizing state support services as set forth in part 2 of this article and shall be implemented after the plan or relevant portion of the plan has been presented to the state support services reorganization committee pursuant to section 24-50.3-202. Appointing authority may be delegated by the executive director as appropriate.
(b) On and after July 1, 1995, all employees of the department of administration whose duties and functions concerned the powers, duties, and functions transferred to the department of personnel pursuant to section 24-1-128, this article, and article 30 of this title, regardless of whether the position of employment in which the employee served was transferred, shall be considered employees of the department of personnel for purposes of section 24-50-124. Such employees shall retain all rights under the state personnel system and to retirement benefits pursuant to the laws of this state, and their services shall be deemed continuous.
On July 1, 1995, all items of property, real and personal, including office furnitureand fixtures, books, documents, and records of the department of administration pertaining to the duties and functions transferred to the department of personnel are transferred to the department of personnel and shall become the property thereof.
On and after July 1, 1995, whenever the department of administration is referred toor designated by any contract or other document in connection with the duties and functions transferred to the department of personnel, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department of personnel. All contracts entered into by the said departments prior to July 1, 1995, in connection with the duties and functions transferred to the department of personnel are hereby validated, with the department of personnel succeeding to all rights and obligations under such contracts. Any cash funds, custodial funds, trusts, grants, and any appropriations of funds from prior fiscal years open to satisfy obligations incurred under such contracts shall be transferred and appropriated to the department of personnel for the payment of such obligations.
On and after July 1, 1995, unless otherwise specified, whenever any provision of lawrefers to the department of administration, said law shall be construed as referring to the department of personnel.
All rules, regulations, and orders of the department of administration adopted prior toJuly 1, 1995, in connection with the powers, duties, and functions transferred to the department of personnel shall continue to be effective until revised, amended, repealed, or nullified pursuant to law. On and after July 1, 1995, the executive director shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of the department and the administration of the administrative support services transferred to the department pursuant to section 24-1-128, this article, and article 30 of this title. Any rules proposed by the executive director on and after July 1, 1995, necessary to carry out the purposes of these articles shall be consistent with the plan for reorganizing state support services as set forth in part 2 of this article and shall be adopted after the plan or relevant portion of the plan has been presented to the state support services reorganization committee pursuant to section 24-50.3-202.
No suit, action, or other judicial or administrative proceeding lawfully commencedprior to July 1, 1995, or that could have been commenced prior to such date, by or against the department of administration or any officer thereof in such officer's official capacity or in relation to the discharge of the officer's duties, shall abate by reason of the transfer of duties and functions from said department to the department of personnel.
(a) The executive director, or a designee of the executive director, may accept and expend, on behalf of and in the name of the state, gifts, donations, and grants for any purpose connected with the work and programs of the department. Any property so given shall be held by the state treasurer, but the executive director, or the designee therefor, shall have the power to direct the disposition of any property so given for any purpose consistent with the terms and conditions under which such gift was created.
(b) Pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (8), the executive director, or a designee of the executive director, may expend gifts, donations, and grants that are custodial funds without further appropriation by the general assembly. Any gifts, donations, and grants accepted by the executive director, or the designee thereof, pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (8) that are not custodial funds are subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly.
Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 629, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2012: (8) amended, (SB 12-156), ch. 159, p. 563, § 1, effective August 8.
Editor's note: The internal references in subsections (2)(a) and (6) to part 2 of this article and section 24-50.3-202 refer to those provisions as they existed prior to the repeal of part 2 of this article on July 1, 1996.