(a) The commissioner and the department of water management shall assume all rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities of the former commissioner and department of water and the former commissioner and department of sewers. All personnel, books, records, property and funds relating to such former departments are transferred to the department of water management. The commissioner of water management shall succeed such former commissioners in the administration of any federal, state, local or private grant or loan programs. The commissioner of water management shall succeed to the rights and duties of such former commissioners under existing contracts, grant agreements, redevelopment agreements, leases, indentures or other agreements or ordinances. All rules or regulations issued by the commissioner of water and the commissioner of sewers in effect as of the effective date of this ordinance shall remain in effect until amended or repealed by the commissioner of water management.
(b) The commissioner and the department of water management shall assume all rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities of the former commissioner and department of the environment related to water quality and stormwater management, including:
(1) All personnel, books, records, property and funds related to water quality and stormwater management;
(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 water quality and stormwater management; and
(3) The rights and duties under existing contracts, appropriations, grant agreements, redevelopment agreements, leases, indentures or other agreements or ordinances related to water quality and stormwater management.
All rules or regulations issued by the former commissioner of the environment relating to water quality and stormwater management, in effect as of January 1, 2012, shall remain in effect until amended or repealed by the commissioner of water management.
(Added Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6)