(a) On October 1, 1982, all functions of the Coastal Area Board, as set forth in Sections 9-7-10 through 9-7-22, except those which relate to permitting, regulatory and enforcement functions, shall be transferred to the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs established pursuant to Sections 41-9-205 through 41-9-214.
(b) All employees engaged in duties pertaining to the functions transferred by this section, shall be assigned to the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs on October 1, 1982 to perform their usual duties, subject to any action that may be appropriate thereafter in accordance with the laws and rules governing personnel and employees.
(c) All files, books, papers, records, equipment, furniture, motor vehicles, any other tangible property and any other asset employed in carrying out the powers, duties and functions transferred by this chapter to the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs shall, on October 1, 1982, be transferred to the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs.
(d) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, correspondence, papers or other writings in the possession of the Coastal Area Board, the functions, powers and duties of which have been transferred to the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs by this chapter, or which have been employed in carrying out the functions, powers and duties transferred by this chapter to said office shall, on October 1, 1982, be transferred to the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs.
(e) All funds, credits or other moneys held in connection with the functions transferred by this chapter to the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs, shall be transferred to said office on October 1, 1982. Subsequent to the transfer of all funds, credits or other moneys to the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs, the Coastal Area Board Fund established by Section 9-7-19 is abolished.
(f) Any appropriation made to the Coastal Area Board for the purpose of carrying out the powers, duties and functions transferred by this chapter to the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs shall, on October 1, 1982, be transferred and credited to said office for the purpose of carrying out such transferred powers, duties and functions.
(g) The Office of State Planning and Federal Programs shall provide the department sufficient funds to administer the permitting, regulatory and enforcement functions of the Coastal Area Management Program from those federal funds obtained by the office for such purposes.
(h) All pending business before the Coastal Area Board, relating to the functions transferred by this chapter to the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs, shall be continued and acted upon by said office. All existing contracts, obligations and memoranda of understanding pertaining to the functions herein transferred shall remain in force and effect and shall be performed by the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs.
(i) All State Officials required to maintain contact with or provide services to the Coastal Area Board shall continue to perform such services for the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs or as otherwise directed by this chapter.
(j) Neither the abolition of the Coastal Area Board nor any of the transfers to the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs authorized by this chapter shall affect the validity of any action performed by the Coastal Area Board, prior to October 1, 1982.
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