(a)
(1)Except as otherwise specified by statute, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery succeeds to and is vested with all of the authority, duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the former California Integrated Waste Management Board.
(2)
There shall be a Division of Recycling in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Except as otherwise specified by statute, the Division of Recycling in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery succeeds to and is vested with all of the authority, duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation in the performance of a function carrying out Division 12.1 (commencing with Section 14500).
(b)
(1)All
employees of the former California Integrated Waste Management Board who, on January 1, 2010, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, are transferred to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
(2)
The status, position, and rights of those persons transferred pursuant to this subdivision shall not be affected and shall be retained by them as employees of the department to which they are transferred pursuant to the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code), except as to positions exempt from civil service.
(c)
(1)All officers and employees of the Department of Conservation who, on January 1, 2010, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and are engaged in the performance of a function carrying out Division 12.1 (commencing with Section 14500), shall be transferred to the Division of
Recycling in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
(2)
The status, position, and rights of those persons transferred pursuant to this subdivision shall not be affected and shall be retained by them as officers and employees of the department to which they are transferred pursuant to the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code), except as to positions exempt from civil service.
(d)
Any regulations adopted before January 1, 2010, by the former California Integrated Waste Management Board and the Department of Conservation relating to carrying out the duties and responsibilities transferred pursuant to subdivision (a), that are in effect on January 1, 2010, shall remain in effect on and after January 1, 2010, and are enforceable until readopted, amended, or repealed.
(e)
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery shall have possession
and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land and other real or personal property, held for the benefit or use of all bodies, offices, and officers whose duties, powers, and functions have been transferred pursuant to subdivision (a).