(a) All officers and employees in the juvenile justice authority who, immediately prior to the effective date of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-7057 through 75-7071, and amendments thereto, are engaged in the exercise and performance of the powers, duties, and functions transferred by Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-7057 through 75-7071, and amendments thereto, are hereby transferred to the department of corrections unless the secretary of corrections determines that some officers or employees are not performing necessary services. All classified employees so transferred shall retain their status as classified employees. Thereafter, the secretary of corrections may convert vacant classified positions to positions in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act.

(b) Officers and employees in the juvenile justice authority transferred by Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-7057 through 75-7071, and amendments thereto, shall retain all retirement benefits and leave balances and rights which had accrued or vested prior to the date of transfer. The service of each such employee so transferred shall be deemed to have been continuous. Any subsequent transfers, layoffs, or abolition of classified service positions under the Kansas civil service act shall be made in accordance with the civil service laws and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder. Nothing in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-7057 through 75-7071, and amendments thereto, shall affect the classified status of any transferred person employed by the juvenile justice authority prior to the date of transfer.

(c) The memorandum of agreement between the Kansas juvenile justice authority and Kansas department of administration and teamsters union local #696 that is in existence on the effective date of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-7057 through 75-7071, and amendments thereto, shall continue to be effective until revised, amended or nullified pursuant to the terms of the memorandum of agreement.

(d) The memorandum of agreement between the state of Kansas and the Kansas organization of state employees that is in existence on the effective date of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-7057 through 75-7071, and amendments thereto, shall continue to be effective until revised, amended or nullified pursuant to the terms of the memorandum of agreement.