Effect of transition on employees of consolidated or merged municipality - 53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 739

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     § 739.  Effect of transition on employees of consolidated or
                merged municipality.
        (a)  Transition.--As of the date when a consolidated or
     merged municipality shall begin to function, except for those
     officers and employees which are protected by any tenure of
     office, civil service provisions or collective bargaining
     agreement, all appointive offices and positions then existing in
     all former municipalities involved in the consolidation or
     merger shall be subject to the terms of the consolidation or
     merger agreement or transitional plan as provided for in section
     735.1 (relating to initiative of electors seeking consolidation
     or merger with new home rule charter). Provisions shall be made
     for instances in which there is duplication of positions,
     including, but not limited to, chief of police or manager, and
     for other matters such as varying length of employee contracts,
     different civil service regulations in the constituent
     municipalities and differing ranks and position classifications
     for similar positions.
        (b)  Exception.--Nothing in this section shall be deemed to
     apply to a consolidated or merged municipality if one or more of
     the consolidating or merging municipalities has been declared
     distressed under the act of July 10, 1987 (P.L.246, No.47),
     known as the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act. In such
     case, the provisions of section 408 of that act shall control.
     (Oct. 23, 2003, P.L.180, No.29, eff. 60 days)

        2003 Amendment.  Act 29 amended subsec. (a).

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