30:1A-1 - Change of name of department of institutions and agencies; reference to department or commissioner of institutions and agencies to mean department or commissioner of human services - New Jersey Statutes

30:1A-1.  Change of name of department of institutions and agencies; reference to department or commissioner of institutions and agencies to mean department or commissioner of human services
    All the functions, powers and duties of the existing Department of Institutions and Agencies and the commissioner thereof not herein transferred to the Department of Corrections are continued;  provided, however, that the Department of Institutions and Agencies continued hereunder shall hereinafter be known and referred to as the Department of Human Services.  With respect to the functions, powers and duties of the Department of Institutions and Agencies  not herein transferred to the Department of Corrections, whenever in any law,  rule, regulation, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference  is made to the Department of Institutions and Agencies, or to the Commissioner  of Institutions and Agencies, the same shall mean and refer to the Department of Human Services and the Commissioner of Human Services, respectively.

     L.1976, c. 98, s. 25, eff. Nov. 1, 1976.