This Charter shall not give any power or authority to diminish any rights or privileges of any present or former Municipal employee entitled to benefits in his pension or retirement system.
An employee holding a Municipal position at the time this Charter takes full effect, who was serving in that same or a comparable position at the time of its adoption, shall not be subject to competitive tests as a condition of continuance in the same position but in all other respects shall be subject to the personnel system established pursuant to Article XIV.
In accordance with the provisions of Act 62, all elected officials in office at the time of adoption of this Charter shall have the right to continue in office until their terms expire.
The Treasurer of the Township of Penn Hills at the time this Charter shall be in full effect shall continue to perform the duties of the office of Treasurer and Tax Collector as provided in the First Class Township Code.
Any official or employee charged with duties or given powers by this Charter which are the same as or similar to those of the said Treasurer-Tax Collector shall be excused from performing such duties and exercising such powers during the time the incumbent Treasurer remains in office.
All ordinances, regulations and resolutions in force at the time this Charter takes effect, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter, shall remain and be in force until altered, modified or repealed by or under authority of this Charter or ordinance.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time this Charter shall take effect, brought by or against the Municipality or any office, department, agency or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter or by anything herein contained.
All contracts entered into by the Municipality, or for its benefit, prior to the taking effect of this Charter, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time this Charter takes effect may be carried to completion as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws. All taxes and assessments levied or assessed, all fines and penalties imposed, and all other obligations owing to the Municipality which are uncollected at the time this Charter becomes effective, shall continue in full force and effect and shall be collected as if no change had been made.
a. 
Transfer of Powers. If a Municipal department, office, agency, board or commission is abolished by this Charter, the powers and duties given it by law shall be transferred to the Municipal department, office, agency, board or commission designated in this Charter or, if the Charter makes no provision, designated by the Council.
b. 
Property and Records. All property, records and equipment of any department, office, agency, board or commission existing when this Charter is adopted shall be transferred to the department, office, agency, board or commission assuming its powers and duties, but, in the event that the powers or duties are to be discontinued or divided between units or in the event that any conflict arises regarding a transfer, such property, records or equipment shall be transferred to one or more departments, offices, agencies, boards or commissions designated by the Council in accordance with this Charter.
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Existing Authorities. The Municipality's membership and participation in any Municipal authority at the time this Charter is adopted shall continue and the persons representing the Municipality on the board of any such authority shall continue in office until the normal expiration of their terms or until their successors are appointed.
The Civil Service Commission of the Township of Penn Hills shall continue in office and function under the provisions of the First Class Township Code. The Commission shall hear and dispose of all appeals of police entered within one hundred fifty (150) days of the first organizational meeting of Council. No appeal shall be entered with the Commission after one hundred fifty (150) days of the first organizational meeting of Council. Upon rendering its decision in its final case the Civil Service Commission shall be dissolved, and all proceedings thereafter shall be within the jurisdiction of the Personnel Board.