§ 2802. Creation of Agency

(a) An Agency of Natural Resources is created consisting of the following:

(1) The Department of Fish and Wildlife.

(2) The Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation.

(A) The Division of Forests.

(B) The Division of Parks.

(C) The Division of Recreation.

(3) [Repealed.]

(4) The Board of Forests, Parks and Recreation.

(5) The Department of Environmental Conservation.

(6) The State Natural Resources Conservation Council.

(7) The Division of Geology and Mineral Resources.

(b) The Natural Resources Board is attached to the Agency for the purpose of receiving administrative support.

(c) The Agency will provide representation on the following compact commissions:

(1) The Interstate Commission on the Lake Champlain Basin.

(2) The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission. (Added 1969, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 1, 1970; amended 1979, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 1983, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 27, 1984; 1987, No. 76, § 14; 1989, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 31, 2005.)