HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 659

the State's financial condition and policies. Such pay plan
shall take effect and shall have the force and effect of law
when approved by the Governor. Amendments thereto may,
from time to time, be recommended by the Board and when
approved by the Governor shall have the force of law in the
same manner as if they had been originally incorporated in
the schedule. Each employee in the. Classified and in the
Unclassified Service shall be paid at one of the rates set forth
in the pay plan for the grade or class of positions in which
he is employed. The pay plan shall be used by the Governor
in the preparation and submission of his budget.

The said Board shall, when necessary, visit the various
State agencies to determine whether or not an employee is
properly classified, whether or not his duties conform with his
classification, and such other information as may be helpful
in preparing said pay plan, and to that end, the Board may
require any State employee to appear before it and give
evidence.

17. The State Employees Standard Salary Board shall
formulate rules and regulations for the administration of
this Act which shall include provisions for automatic in-
creases, from minimum to maximum, of the rates estab-
lished by the schedule; and such rules shall, after ap-
proval by the Governor, have the force of law in the same
manner as other conditions herein prescribed. Provided, that
the rate of pay of any employee, who at the time of the
effective date of this Act is paid at a higher rate than the
maximum rate of the scale prescribed for his class, shall not
be reduced by reason of the establishment of the standard
rates of pay prescribed, so long as he remains the incumbent
of the same position and class, but the rate of pay for his
successor in the same position and class shall conform to the
rate of pay prescribed for his position and class.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Board shall
submit its report and recommendations to the Governor on or
before November 15th, 1942, and the Governor shall approve
or reject said report and recommendations on or before
January 1, 1943.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1941.

Approved March 31, 1941.