71 P.S. § 510-103 - Abolishment of departments; transfer of functions

• Cite as: 71 P.S. § 510-103

(a) The following departments, boards and commissions are hereby abolished and their functions transferred to the Department of Environmental Resources:

Department of Forests and Waters,

Water and Power Resources Board,

State Forest Commission,

State Flood Control Commission,

Pennsylvania State Park and Harbor Commission of Erie,

Anthracite Mine Inspectors' Examining Board,

Mine Inspectors' Examining Board for the Bituminous Coal Mines of Pennsylvania,

Oil and Gas Inspectors' Examining Board,

Oil and Gas Conservation Commission,

Land Reclamation Board,

Land Restoration Board,

Sanitary Water Board,

Air Pollution Commission.

(b) Repealed by 1976, July 9, P.L. 980, No. 197, § 5(a)(1), effective in 60 days.

(c) The following board is abolished and its functions transferred to the Department of Commerce:

Coal Research Board.

(d) The following board is abolished and its functions transferred to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission:

Geographic Board.

(e) The following board and commission are transferred to the Department of Environmental Resources:

State Board for Certification of Sewage Treatment and Waterworks Operators,

State Soil and Water Conservation Commission.

(f) The following are transferred to the Department of Environmental Resources: