§ 42-21-4 - New department as continuation of former department. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 42-21-4

   § 42-21-4  New department as continuationof former department. – Any department or other administrative agency to which the functions, powers,and duties of a previously existing department or other agency were assignedand transferred by chapter 660 of the Public Laws of 1939 shall be deemed andheld to constitute a continuation of the former department or agency as tomatters within the jurisdiction of the former department or agency, and not anew authority, for the purpose of succession to all rights, powers, duties, andobligations of the former department or agency as constituted at the time ofthe assignment or transfer, except as otherwise provided by this title, withthe same force and effect as if those functions, powers, and duties had notbeen assigned or transferred.