§ 9.09 Employees. 1. The commission shall have the power to take any
action necessary for securing and maintaining the benefits of the public
retirement systems of this state for its employees in this state and for
such purpose employees of the commission to the extent to which the
compensation paid for their services is derived from funds appropriated
by this state shall be deemed to be employees of this state and eligible
for membership in the appropriate retirement system whether residents of
this state or of the state of New Jersey, to the extent otherwise
qualified.

2. For the purposes of eligibility for participation in the state
health benefit plan under article eleven of the civil service law and
for survivor's benefits for active and retired state employees,
employees of the commission, to the extent to which the compensation
paid for their services is derived from funds appropriated by this
state, shall be deemed to be employees of this state and qualified for
such participation and benefits. For the purpose of determining their
rights under the workers' compensation law of this state, employees of
the commission employed wholly or partly in this state shall be deemed
to be employees of this state provided, however, that the amount of any
payment made under such compensation law to an employee of the
commission employed only partly in this state shall be only in such
proportion as the amount of his or her salary paid by the state of New
York shall bear to his or her total salary.

3. Employees of the commission whose salary is paid in full from funds
appropriated by the state shall be deemed to be employees of the state
in the classified civil service of the state under the provisions of the
civil service law. Commission employees not deemed to be state employees
hereunder shall be employees of the commission.