The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall provide by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 for the transfer of employees from a position of a given class to another position in the same or a comparable class either within the same department, agency or institution or from one department, agency or institution to another. The commissioner shall also provide by regulation for the periodical or occasional transfer of employees for a period not exceeding six months, to bring about the better distribution of persons in the service, to effect economies, to make available extra stenographic, clerical, messenger or other service needed for short periods or to provide training sought by employees or required by appointing authorities. When any department, agency or institution needs additional employees for a short period, it shall notify the commissioner, who shall so far as possible arrange for the temporary assignment of such additional employees on the basis of a temporary transfer. No person shall be transferred from a position in the unclassified service to a position in the classified service unless the person is eligible for selection from a candidate list in accordance with the provisions of section 5-215a.

(1967, P.A. 657, S. 48; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 67, 610; P.A. 87-253, S. 2; P.A. 92-165, S. 28, 32; P.A. 94-193, S. 3; P.A. 13-247, S. 366.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner and personnel policy board with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 87-253 allowed the transfer of employees by the commissioner of administrative services to positions in a comparable class rather than the same class or grade; P.A. 92-165 deleted prohibition on transfer without the consent of the appointing authorities, deleted requirement that a person transferred from the unclassified to the classified service must have obtained a position on the proper eligible list, added requirement that a person transferred from the unclassified to the classified service must be eligible for selection from a candidate list in accordance with Sec. 5-215a and made technical changes; P.A. 94-193 added “the same or” to a reference regarding comparable class of personnel eligible for transfer; P.A. 13-247 added reference to Ch. 54 re adoption of regulations, effective July 1, 2013.