Sec. 2. - Continuation of coverage.
The employees of any waterworks board, or other board, public corporation or commission, created or appointed by the governing authority of any such city, who were or are, at the time of the creation or appointment of any such waterworks board or other board, public corporation or commission, employees of any such city, or paid in part or in whole, directly or indirectly, from funds contributed or appropriated by any such city shall continue to be covered and protected by and entitled to the benefits of any pension or retirement system, law or plan, or other benefit plan, in effect for the employees of any such city at the time of the creation or appointment of any such waterworks board or other board, public corporation or commission. Any such waterworks board or other board, public corporation or commission, shall be responsible for the payment of all sums due by or accruing to any of their respective employees under any such pension or retirement system, law or plan, or other benefit plan; it being intended hereby to place the responsibility on any such waterworks board or other board, public corporation or commission, of paying all sums of money, so far as their respective employees are concerned, which any such city would have been required to pay if such waterworks board or other board, public corporation or commission, had not been created or appointed.
