5 CFR § 359.608 - Transfer of function.

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title: "5 CFR § 359.608 - Transfer of function."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "359.608"
section_name: "Transfer of function."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
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subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "359"
part_name: "REMOVAL FROM THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE; GUARANTEED PLACEMENT IN OTHER PERSONNEL SYSTEMS"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 1302, 3302, and 3596, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 18876, May 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
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# 359.608 Transfer of function.

(a) *Transfer of function* means the transfer of the performance of a continuing function from one agency to one or more other agencies.

(b) A career appointee is entitled to accompany his or her function to the new agency without any change in tenure if the alternative is removal from the SES in the current agency under reduction in force.