67-3403. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY — TRANSFER OF RIGHTS, POWERS AND DUTIES TO DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. All the rights, powers and duties which have heretofore been vested in or exercised by the department of commerce and industry or any officer thereof and all rights, powers and duties which may be imposed upon said department of commerce and industry or any officer thereof by any law passed at this session of the legislature are hereby vested in and shall be exercised by the department of finance. Every act done in the exercise of such rights, powers and duties by the department of finance shall have the same legal effect as if done by the department of commerce and industry or its officers. Every person shall be subject to the same obligations and duties with respect to all laws to be administered by the department of finance under this act and shall have the same rights arising from the exercise of such rights, powers and duties as if such rights, powers and duties were exercised by the department of commerce and industry or its officers. Every person shall be subject to the same penalty or penalties, civil or criminal for failure to perform any such obligation or duty or for doing a prohibited act as if such obligation or duty arose from or such act were prohibited in the exercise of such right, power or duty by the department of commerce and industry. Every officer and employee shall for any offense be subject to the same penalty or penalties, civil or criminal as are prescribed by existing law for the same offense by any officer or employee whose powers or duties devolve upon him under this act. All books, records, papers, documents, property, unexpended appropriations and pending business belonging to or pertaining to the department of commerce and industry shall be delivered and transferred to the department of finance.
Whenever reports or notices are now required to be made or given or papers or documents furnished or served by any person to or upon the department of commerce and industry or any officers thereof, the same shall be made, given, furnished or served in the same manner to or upon the department of finance; and every penalty for failure so to do shall continue in effect.
This act shall not affect any act done, ratified or confirmed or right accrued or established or any action or proceeding had or commenced in a civil or criminal cause by or against or in relation to the department of commerce and industry before this act takes effect; but such actions or proceedings may be prosecuted and continued by the department of finance.
History:
[(67-3403) 1921, ch. 104, sec. 9, p. 233; I.C.A., sec. 65-3303.]