Section 83.

(a) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement succeeds to, and is vested with, all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Division of Industrial Welfare, which is hereby abolished.

(b) All powers, duties, purposes, and responsibilities of the Chief, Division of Industrial Welfare are hereby transferred to the Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.

(c) Any regulation or other action made, prescribed, issued, granted, or performed by the abolished Division of Industrial Welfare in the administration, performance, or implementation of a function transferred pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall remain in effect and shall be deemed to be a regulation or action of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement unless and until repealed, modified, or rescinded by such division.

(d) Whenever any reference is made in any law to the abolished Division of Industrial Welfare it shall be deemed to be a reference to, and to mean, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.

(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 746.)