§ 209. Bureau of motor vehicles abolished; transfer of functions;
officers and employees. The bureau of motor vehicles in the department
of taxation and finance is hereby abolished. The functions, powers and
duties of the bureau of motor vehicles in the department of taxation and
finance are hereby assigned to the department of motor vehicles. Each
deputy commissioner in the bureau of motor vehicles in the department of
taxation and finance shall continue in office as deputy commissioner in
the department of motor vehicles and shall serve during the pleasure of
the commissioner. All civil service employees in the existing bureau of
motor vehicles in the department of taxation and finance, in service at
the time this section takes effect, shall retain their present civil
service classification and be transferred to the department of motor
vehicles without further examination or classification, and such
employees shall perform such duties therein as may be assigned to them
by the commissioner.