68-2212. State salvage board abolished; transfer of powers, duties and functions to secretary of transportation; provisions for transition and continuity. - Kansas Statutes

68-2212

Chapter 68.--ROADS AND BRIDGES PART III.--MISCELLANEOUS Article 22.--HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION

      68-2212.   State salvage board abolished; transfer of powers, duties andfunctions to secretary of transportation; provisions for transition andcontinuity.(a) The state salvage board is hereby abolished. All of the powers,duties and functions of the state salvage board are hereby transferred toand conferred and imposed upon the secretary of transportation. Thesecretary of transportation shall be the successor in every way to thepowers, duties and functions of the state salvage board in which the samewere vested prior to August 15, 1975. The secretary of transportation shallbe a continuation of the state salvage board, and every act performed underthe authority of the secretary of transportation shall be deemed to havethe same force and effect as if performed by the state salvage board inwhich such functions were vested prior to August 15, 1975.

      (b)   On and after August 15, 1975, whenever the state salvage board, orwords of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contractor other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to applyto the secretary of transportation.

      (c)   All rules or regulations of the state salvage board in existence onAugust 15, 1975, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to bethe rules or regulations of the secretary of transportation, until revised,amended, repealed or nullified pursuant to law.

      History:   L. 1967, ch. 357, § 12; L. 1974, ch. 348, §35; L. 1974, ch. 277, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 62; Aug. 15.