N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 15-0317: General powers and duties

§ 15-0317. General powers and duties.

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.