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.