(1) New agencies, departments, and divisions shall be staffed so far as possible by personnel from those agencies, departments, or divisions which are integrated in, consolidated with, or transferred to the new units or whose functions in whole or in part are transferred to those new units. The Governor is authorized to make such transfers under the terms of this chapter.

(2) Upon the transfer of personnel or any function of any agency, department, or any division thereof, the Governor may transfer or reallocate in whole or in part, by executive order, the appropriations affected thereby to the unit of government to which the function or personnel were transferred consistent with the purpose for which the appropriations were made. (1969, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 6(1), (2), eff. April 4, 1970.)