(a) The Department of Construction Services shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Public Works in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39 with respect to those duties and functions of the Department of Public Works concerning construction and construction management pursuant to any provision of the general statutes.

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(b) The Department of Construction Services shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Public Safety with respect to the Division of Fire, Emergency and Building Services within the Department of Public Safety, except the portion of said division concerning emergency services, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39.

(c) The Department of Construction Services shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Education in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39 with respect to the issuance of school construction grants in accordance with chapter 173. On and after July 1, 2011, any regulation of the State Board of Education adopted pursuant to chapter 173 shall continue in force and effect until the Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Construction Services, determines which regulations need to be transferred to the Department of Construction Services in accordance with chapter 54 and either the Department of Construction Services or the State Board of Education amends such regulations to effect such transfer. Where any order or regulation of said departments conflict, the Commissioner of Construction Services or the Commissioner of Education may implement policies or procedures consistent with the provisions of chapter 173 while in the process of adopting such policies or procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt such regulations is printed in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after implementation. Any such policies or procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.

(d) All powers and duties transferred to the Department of Construction Services by this section are transferred to the Department of Administrative Services, in accordance with the provisions of section 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39.