(a) Except as otherwise provided by this order, the powers, duties, and functions of the adjutant general and secretary of health and environment related to approval of local planning districts as provided by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-5703(f), and amendments thereto, are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed upon the commission on emergency planning and response.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by this order, whenever the words “adjutant general” or “secretary of health and environment” or words of like effect are referred to or designated by a statute, rule and regulation, contract or other document in connection with the powers, duties, and functions transferred by this order from the adjutant general and the secretary of health and environment to the commission on emergency planning and response, the reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the commission on emergency planning and response.

(c) All rules and regulations, orders, and directives of the adjutant general and of the secretary of health and environment relating to the powers, duties, and functions transferred to the commission on emergency planning and response by this order shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be rules and regulations, orders, and directives of the commission on emergency planning and response until revised, amended or nullified pursuant to law.