All references in any prior ordinance to the Township Committee, Board of Health or any board, body, department or office shall be taken and construed to mean such board, body, officer or office to which the respective functions, powers and duties are allocated and assigned by the Charter or this chapter.
Until otherwise provided by ordinance, rates of compensation established for persons holding office or employment on the effective date of this chapter shall be continued with respect to the office or employment to which they, respectively, may be transferred.
On the effective date of this chapter, all administrative functions, powers and duties and the personnel engaged therein and all records and property of the Township relating thereto, except as otherwise provided by this chapter, are transferred to the respective departments, offices and agencies to which they are allocated and assigned by this chapter. All officers and employees who were in the classified service of the civil service on January 1, 1971, are transferred to the appropriate department and division to which their respective functions, powers and duties are allocated and assigned by this chapter, and they shall not be by such transfer adversely affected in seniority, demotion or salary rights, as provided by Revised Statutes, Title 11 (N.J.S.A. 11:28-2).
Pension fund membership and rights of any officer or employee shall not, without his consent, be adversely affected by any transfer pursuant to this chapter. The Manager shall provide by appropriate regulation for necessary records, contribution controls and otherwise for the further protection of the pension fund membership and rights of officers and employees in accordance with this section as need appears.
Any function, office or employment not reconstituted or continued by this chapter shall be deemed abolished.
The temporary budget of the Township adopted pursuant to the Local Budget Law[1] for the first quarter of fiscal 1971 shall be stated in such manner as to conform to the organization prescribed by this chapter.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:62-34 et seq.