ยง 31-a. Organization. There shall continue to be in the department a
division to be known as the division of the New York state fair. The
head of such division shall be a director, who shall be appointed by the
commissioner. In addition to the functions, powers and duties provided
in this article, such division shall continue to exercise and perform,
subject to the provisions of this article, the functions, powers and
duties of the former state fair commission, as provided by law
immediately prior to January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven.