{"data":{"id":"us-pa/71-pa.c.s.-3302","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"71 Pa.C.S. § 3302","heading":"Status of certain employees.","body":"An individual occupying a position in the classified service which, on the day preceding the effective date of this section, was under a type of merit system, including a merit system by virtue of the Civil Service Act, shall be accorded the status the individual held on that date. Nothing in this part shall be construed to remove from the classified service any position which was in the classified service in the service of this Commonwealth immediately prior to the effective date of this section.","path":["Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT","PART III CIVIL SERVICE REFORM","CHAPTER 33 RECORDS, STATUS AND APPROPRIATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=71\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=33\u0026sctn=2\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2025-12-08 (Statute Update stamp, 71 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:35:28Z","sha256":"a45081ba4fb6a8813b89fe43eecfa60c04ca85703200263349c87848d56d8bea","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/71-pa.c.s.-3301","next":"us-pa/71-pa.c.s.-3303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}