4 Pa. Code § 91.3
Words, terms and phrases, when used in this part, have the meaning in 71 Pa.C.S. § 2103 (relating to definitions), unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In addition, the following terms, when used in this part, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act—71 Pa.C.S. Part III (relating to civil service reform).
Appointing authority—The officers, board, commission, person or group of persons having power by law to make appointments in the classified service.
Commission—The State Civil Service Commission of the Commonwealth.
Director—The Executive Director of the Commission.
The provisions of this § 91.3 amended under section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 186).
The provisions of this § 91.3 adopted October 18, 1961; amended October 15, 1964 and April 16, 1970; amended March 29, 1985, effective March 30, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 1151; amended November 15, 1991, effective November 16, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 5334; amended March 12, 2004, effective March 13, 2004, 34 Pa.B. 1442; amended February 6, 2026, effective February 7, 2026, 56 Pa.B. 791. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (414286) to (414289).
The reassignment of two Office of Budget employes at the same time of the furlough of two other Office of Budget employes created a ‘‘vacancy,’’ because a ‘‘vacancy’’ existed under the Civil Service Commission regulations when the reassigned employees would no longer function as assistant comptrollers in their new positions, thus creating a vacancy simultaneous with the furlough action. Roetenberg v. Office of Budget, 550 A.2d 825 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1988).