The director of administrative services and the state personnel board of review shall exercise all functions, powers, and duties that formerly were by law devolved upon, vested in and imposed upon the state civil service commission and the offices of commissioners and members and upon their employees, agents, and representatives.
Whenever in any law or rule of this state or any political subdivision, "state civil service commission," "commission," "commissioner" or "member," meaning the state civil service commission or the offices of commissioners or members of said commission, is used, such terms shall be construed as referring to the department of administrative services, the director of administrative services, the state personnel board of review, or the members of the state personnel board of review, as this chapter may require.
R.C. §124.02