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75-5106. Transfer of existing powers, duties and functions; preservation of rules and regulations, orders and directives. (a) All of the powers, duties and functions of the existing department of property valuation and the existing director of property valuation are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed respectively, upon the division of property valuation and the director of property valuation created by this act, except as is herein otherwise provided.

(b) The division of property valuation and the director of property valuation created by this act shall be the successors in every way, respectively, to the powers, duties and functions of the department of property valuation and director of property valuation in which the same were vested prior to the effective date of this act, except as herein otherwise provided. Every act performed under the authority of the division of property valuation or director of property valuation created by this act, respectively, shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the department of property valuation or director of property valuation, respectively, in which such functions were vested prior to the effective date of this act.

(c) Whenever the department of property valuation, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the division of property valuation created by this act.

(d) Whenever the director of property valuation, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by law, contract or other document, such reference shall be deemed to apply to the director of property valuation created by this act.

(e) All rules and regulations of the director of property valuation or the department of property valuation in existence on the effective date of this act, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be duly adopted rules and regulations of the secretary of revenue created by this act, until revised, amended, revoked or nullified pursuant to law.

(f) All orders and directives of the director of property valuation or the department of property valuation in existence on the effective date of this act, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be orders and directives of the director of property valuation and division of property valuation created by this act, respectively, until revised, amended or nullified pursuant to law.

(g) The division of property valuation and director of property valuation created by this act, respectively, shall be continuations of the department of property valuation and director of property valuation created by K.S.A. 74-2440.

History: L. 1972, ch. 342, § 6; July 1.