§ 2803. Advisory capacity
(a) All boards, committees, councils, activities, and departments that under this chapter
are a part of the Agency shall be advisory only, except as hereinafter provided, and
the powers and duties of such boards, committees, councils, activities, and departments,
including administrative, policy making, rulemaking, and regulatory functions, shall
vest in and be exercised by the Secretary of the Agency.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section or any other provision of this chapter,
the Fish and Wildlife Board and the Land Use Review Board shall retain and exercise
all powers and functions given to them by law that are of regulatory or quasi-judicial
nature, including the power to adopt, amend, and repeal rules; to conduct hearings;
to adjudicate controversies; and to issue and enforce orders, in the manner and to
the extent to which those powers are given to those respective boards by law.
(c) [Repealed.] (Added 1969, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 1, 1970; amended 1971, No. 93, § 2, eff. April 22, 1971; 1971, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. April 6, 1972; 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2025, No. 18, § 19, eff. May 13, 2025.)