Section 74-5,107 - Same; transfer of employees(a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, on October 1, 2008, officers and employees who, immediately prior to such date, were engaged in the performance of powers, duties or functions of the department of health and environment concerning food service and lodging which are transferred by this act, or who become a part of the Kansas department of agriculture, or the powers, duties and functions of which are transferred to the Kansas department of agriculture, and who, in the opinion of the secretary of agriculture, are necessary to perform the powers, duties and functions of the Kansas department of agriculture, shall be transferred to, and shall become officers and employees of the Kansas department of agriculture.(b) Officers and employees of the department of health and environment transferred by this act shall retain all retirement benefits and leave balances and rights which had accrued or vested prior to the date of transfer. The service of each such officer and employee so transferred shall be deemed to have been continuous. All transfers, layoffs or abolition of classified service positions under the Kansas civil service act shall be made in accordance with the civil service laws and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder. Nothing in this act shall affect the classified status of any transferred person employed by the department of health and environment prior to the date of transfer. L. 2008, ch. 84, § 4; Apr. 24.