[§83-7] Salary and benefit costs. Whenever a unit of government of this State will benefit from the temporary intergovernmental assignment, it may pay for or reimburse the other government for the costs of salary and benefits for an employee on such an assignment, or a portion of such costs, by agreement between the sending and the receiving agencies, provided that the agreement shall not diminish any rights or benefits to which an employee of this State is entitled to under this chapter. [L 1978, c 63, pt of §4]