Section 26625.5.

(a) All personnel of the marshal's office who are assigned to court services on the operative date of this section shall become members of the court security bureau at their existing salaries and benefits. Permanent employees presently holding the rank of deputy or sergeant, respectively, in the marshal's office shall become deputy sheriffs or sheriff's sergeants upon the operative date of this section.

(b) Sworn personnel described in subdivision (a) may be transferred to another position in the sheriff's office at the same or an equivalent classification, but shall not be involuntarily transferred out of court services.

(c) Permanent employees of the sheriff's office assigned to court services on the operative date of this section and permanent employees of the marshal's office on the operative date of this section shall be deemed qualified for employment and retention in the Sheriff's Department of Contra Costa County. Probationary employees of the sheriff's department assigned to court services on the operative date of this section and probationary employees of the marshal's office on the operative date of this section shall retain their probationary status and rights, and shall not be required to start a new probationary period.

(d) For personnel of the sheriff's office assigned to court services on the operative date of this section and personnel of the marshal's office on the operative date of this section, all county service shall be counted toward county seniority, and all time spent in the same classification, and all time spent in the equivalent or higher classification shall be counted toward classification seniority. All county seniority shall be credited as departmental seniority. For layoff and displacement purposes all covered service in the sheriff's department and marshal's office shall be counted equally, and the County's Personnel Management Regulations and other governing county ordinances and resolutions shall determine the class, county, and departmental seniority dates, the seniority and layoff order, and displacement rights of all employees.

(e) No employee of the sheriff's office assigned to court services on the operative date of this section or employee of the marshal's office on the operative date of this section shall lose peace officer status or be demoted or otherwise adversely affected by the consolidation of court services accomplished by this section. Peace Officer Standards and Training certificates held on the operative date of this section by employees of the Marshal's Department of Contra Costa County and the Sheriff's Department of Contra Costa County shall be considered the same for purposes of this section.

(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 283, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1995.)