§ 260. Department of public works abolished. The department of public works in the state government, created, established and continued by section five of the public works law, as last amended by chapter three hundred fifty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-one, is hereby abolished.
§ 261. Transfer of functions. All of the functions and powers possessed by and all the obligations and duties of the department of public works and the superintendent of public works, except those pertaining to the construction of public buildings, and flood control and shore line and beach erosion control, transferred to the office of […]
§ 262. Transfer of employees. Upon the transfer of functions to the department of transportation pursuant to this chapter, provision shall be made for the transfer to the department of transportation of such employees of the department of public works who are engaged in carrying out such functions as the commissioner of transportation may deem […]
§ 263. Transfer of records. The superintendent of public works shall deliver to the commissioner of transportation all books, papers, records and property of the department of public works and the superintendent of public works pertaining to the functions herein transferred.
§ 264. Continuity of authority. For the purpose of succession to all functions, powers, duties, and obligations transferred and assigned to, devolved upon and assumed by it pursuant to this chapter, the department of transportation shall be deemed and held to constitute the continuation of the department of public works and the superintendent of public […]
§ 265. Completion of unfinished business. Any business or other matter undertaken or commenced by the department of public works or the superintendent of public works pertaining to or connected with the functions, powers, obligations and duties hereby transferred and assigned, and pending on the effective date of this chapter, may be conducted and completed […]
§ 266. Continuance of rules and regulations. All rules, regulations, acts, determinations and decisions of the department of public works and the superintendent of public works pertaining to the functions herein transferred and assigned, in force at the time of such transfer, assignment, assumption or devolution shall continue in force and effect as rules, regulations, […]
§ 267. Terms occurring in laws, contracts and other documents. Whenever the superintendent of public works or the department of public works is referred to or designated in any law, contract or document pertaining to the functions, powers, obligations and duties hereby transferred and assigned, such reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to […]
§ 268. Existing rights and remedies preserved. No existing right or remedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of this chapter.
§ 269. Pending actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding pending at the time when this chapter shall take effect, brought by or against the superintendent of public works or the department of public works shall be affected by any provision of this chapter, but the same may be prosecuted or defended in the name […]
§ 270. Transfer of appropriations heretofore made to department of public works. All appropriations or reappropriations for the functions herein transferred heretofore made to the department of public works, or segregated pursuant to law, to the extent of remaining unexpended or unencumbered balances thereof, whether allocated or unallocated and whether obligated or unobligated, are hereby […]
§ 271. Codification of changes. The commissioner of transportation shall prepare or cause to be prepared for submission to the next regular session of the legislature a codification of the laws relating to the functions, powers and duties of the department of transportation as amended, repealed or modified by this chapter and other acts related […]
§ 272. Time to take effect. This act shall take effect September first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven.
