The Department of Economic Development is created within the Agency of Commerce and Community Development as the successor to and the continuation of the Department of Development. (Added 1969, No. 271 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. Jan. 10, 1971; amended 1991, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a).)