Section 15-0317. General powers and duties


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  • The  department  shall  continue to exercise all the functions, powers
      and duties of the former Water Resources Commission as specified in  the
      former  Conservation  Law  in  effect  on  the  date of the enactment of
      chapter 140 of the laws of 1970,  and  all  the  functions,  powers  and
      duties   of  the  Water  Power  and  Control  Commission  as  previously
      established by chapter 242 of the laws of 1928 and of  its  predecessors
      and  all  the functions, powers and duties enumerated in this article as
      amended and as may hereinafter be prescribed by law.