Section 13
SEC. 13. Non-applicability of the Civil Service Law, and the Regulation of the Wage and Position Classification Office. — All officials and employees of the Authority shall be selected and appointed on the basis of merit and fitness based on a comprehensive and progressive merit system to be established by the Authority immediately upon its organization and consistent with Civil Service rules and regulations. The recruitment, transfer, promotion, and dismissal of all personnel of the Authority, including temporary workers, shall be governed by such merit system. Likewise, all personnel of the Authority shall be exempt from the regulations of the Wage and Position Classification Office.