Pursuant to the provisions of section 22 of article IV of the state constitution, all powers and functions of the executive department of state government created or specified by law after July 1, 1968, including the creation of any new division, section, unit, or other agency of said executive department, shall be assigned to a principal department, and such powers and functions shall be exercised under such principal department as if the same were transferred to such department by this article under a type 2 transfer, unless otherwise specified by such law.L. 68: p. 93, § 35. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-28-33.
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