(a) No person may be appointed to or removed from municipal office or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to a municipal position because of race, color, sex, creed, national origin or, unless otherwise contrary to law, because of his/her political opinions or affiliations.

(b) No state employee or School District employee may be denied the right to serve as an elected municipal official because of their employment by the state or School District; however, no School District employee may serve on a School District board in the School District where he/she is employed.

(c) No borough employee may hold a position on the borough assembly or as borough mayor. A borough employee may be a candidate for the borough assembly or mayor, but, if elected, must resign from borough employment before taking office.

(d) For purposes of this section a School District employee is not a borough employee. [Ord. No. 1083, §1, 1-18-99; Ord. No. 1048, §1, 9-15-97; Ord. No. 970A, §2, 5-20-96; Ord. No. 393, §1, 8-17-81. Code 1974 §5.10.060.]