(a) All employees serving in state civil service, including temporary employees, who are engaged in the performance of functions transferred to the department pursuant to Section 15570.22 are transferred to the department. The status, positions, and rights of those persons shall not be affected by their transfer and shall continue to be retained by them pursuant to the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5), except as to positions the duties of which are vested in a position exempt from civil service. The personnel records of all transferred employees shall be transferred to the department.

(b) Consistent with Section 15570.22, the department shall succeed to all of the rights and property of the board. The property of any office, agency, or other entity of state government related to functions transferred to the department is transferred to the department. If any doubt arises as to where that property is transferred, the Department of General Services shall determine where the property is transferred.

(c)  All unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds available for use in connection with any function or the administration of any law transferred to the department shall be transferred to the department for the use and for the purpose for which the appropriation was originally made or the funds were originally available. If there is any doubt as to where those balances and funds are transferred, the Department of Finance shall determine where the balances and funds are transferred.

(d) The department is subject to all the debts and liabilities of the board, other than those retained by the board in connection with its duties, powers, and responsibilities under subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 15600, as if the department had incurred them.

(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 16, Sec. 5. (AB 102) Effective June 27, 2017. Operative July 1, 2017, pursuant to Section 15570.100.)