Section 767. Effect of transition on employees

Except as otherwise
  provided by law and except for those officials and  employees  protected
  by  tenure  of office, civil service provisions or collective bargaining
  agreement, upon the effective  date  of  consolidation,  all  appointive
  offices  and  positions  then existing in all component local government
  entities involved in the consolidation shall be subject to the terms  of
  the  joint  consolidation  agreement  or elector initiated consolidation
  plan, as the case may  be.  Such  agreement  or  plan  may  provide  for
  instances  in  which  there  is  duplication  of positions and for other
  matters such as varying length of employee  contracts,  different  civil
  service  regulations in the constituent entities and differing ranks and
  position classifications for similar positions.
    * NB Effective March 21, 2010