Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 Pa.C.S.A. State Government § 3302. Status of certain employees

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.