The Chief Information Officer and the Department of Technology and Innovation shall assume, respectively, all rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities of the former Chief Information Officer and Department of Innovation and Technology; and all rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities of the Commissioner and Department of Assets, Information, and Services with regards to information technology management and innovation initiatives. All personnel, books, records, property and funds relating to such former departments and such rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities are transferred to the Department of Technology and Innovation. The Chief Information Officer shall succeed such former commissioners and officers in the administration of any federal, state, local or private grant or loan programs relating to such rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities. The Chief Information Officer shall succeed to the rights and duties of such former commissioners and officers under existing contracts, grant agreements, redevelopment agreements, leases, indentures or other agreements or ordinances relating to such transferred rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities. All rules issued by such former commissioners or officers relating to such rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities shall remain in effect until amended or repealed by the Chief Information Officer.
(Added Coun. J. 11-15-23, p. 6542, Art. I, § 7)