release, and carry out sex offender registration functions in the State. 316. Courts (a) Continuation of operations (1) In general Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) and subsection (b), title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, as in effect on the date before the date of the admission of the State into the Union, shall apply with respect to the State and the courts and court system of the State after the date of the admission of the State into the Union in the same manner and to the same extent as such title applied with respect to the District of Columbia and the courts and court system of the District of Columbia as of the day before the date of the admission of the State into the Union. (2) Responsibility for employer contribution For purposes of paragraph (2) of section 11–1726(b) and paragraph (2) of section 11–1726(c), District of Columbia Official Code, the Federal Government shall be treated as the employing agency with respect to the benefits provided under such section to an individual who is an employee of the courts and court system of the State and who, pursuant to either such paragraph, is treated as an employee of the Federal Government for purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter of subpart G of part III of title 5, United States Code. (3) Other exceptions (A) Selection of judges Effective upon the date of the admission of the State into the Union, the State shall select judges for any vacancy on the courts of the State. (B) Renaming of courts and other offices Effective upon the date of the admission of the State into the Union, the State may rename any of its courts and any of the other offices of its court system. (C) Rules of construction Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed— (i) to affect the service of any judge serving on a court of the District of Columbia on the day before the date of the admission of the State into the Union, or to require the State to select such a judge for a vacancy on a court of the State