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(a) The building commissioner and the department of buildings shall assume all rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities of the former executive director of the department of construction and permits, and the department of construction and permits. All personnel, books, records, property and funds relating to such former department are transferred to the department of buildings. The building commissioner shall succeed to the rights and duties of such former executive director under existing contracts, grant or loan agreements or programs, or other agreements or ordinances. All rules or regulations issued by the executive director in effect as of the effective date of this chapter shall remain in effect until amended or repealed by the building commissioner.
(b) The commissioner and the department of buildings shall assume all rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities of the former commissioner and department of the environment related to flood control, including:
(1) All personnel, books, records, property and funds related to flood control;
(2) The administration of any federal, state, local or private grant or loan programs, except to the extent prohibited by the grantor or grant agreement, related to flood control; and
(3) The rights and duties under existing contracts, appropriations, grant agreements, redevelopment agreements, leases, indentures or other agreements or ordinances related to flood control.
All rules or regulations issued by the former commissioner of the environment relating to flood control, in effect as of January 1, 2012, shall remain in effect until amended or repealed by the commissioner of buildings.
(Added Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6)