All officers and employees of the Department of Finance or the Department of Transportation on September 16, 1965, who are serving in the state civil service, other than temporary employees, and who are engaged in the performance of a function transferred to the Department of General Services or who are engaged in the administration of a law, the administration of which is transferred to the Department of General Services, by this chapter shall be transferred to the Department of General Services and their status, positions, and rights shall not be affected by their transfer and they shall continue to be retained as employees of the Department of
General Services pursuant to the State Civil Service Act, except as to positions the duties of which are vested in a position exempt from civil service in the Department of General Services.