In every case in which the amount of the salary to be paid to the holder of any office, position or employment in the State service is limited by a specific statutory maximum or a specific statutory minimum or a specific statutory maximum and a specific statutory minimum, such maximum or minimum or such maximum and minimum hereby are abolished and abrogated; provided, that the Civil Service Commission shall establish salary ranges for such office, position or employment, and thereafter the amount of such salary shall be fixed according to the salary ranges so established from time to time, except in any case in which the salary of any present holder of any such office, position or employment would be reduced thereby.

L.1945, c. 86, p. 427, s. 1.