(1) All employees of the division of administration of the division of parole and all employees of the boards of control enumerated in section 27-90-107 who were engaged in the performance of duties prescribed and supervised by the division of administration of the division of parole and the boards, respectively, and who were transferred to the department of institutions on July 1, 1959, shall retain all rights to retirement benefits under the laws of the state, and their services shall be deemed to have been continuous. All funds, accounts, books, records, documents, and equipment of the boards and the division of administration of the division of parole became the property of the department of institutions on July 1, 1959.
(2) All questions pertaining to the proper disposition of funds, accounts, books, records, documents, or equipment arising under this article and section 17-1-101, C.R.S., and caused by the transfer of powers, duties, rights, functions, and obligations from any board of control to the department of institutions shall be determined by the governor.
(3) Whenever in this article a department, agency, division, or unit thereof is transferred to the department of institutions, the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be declared applicable in effecting such transfer.