New York Laws
Title 3 - 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.