Section 75-3714b - Same; transfer of existing powers, duties and functions; preservation of orders and directives(a) All of the powers, duties and functions of the existing budget division and the existing budget director are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed, respectively, upon the division of the budget and the director of the budget created by this act, except as is herein otherwise provided.(b) The division of the budget and the director of the budget created by this act shall be the successors in every way, respectively, to the powers, duties and functions of the budget division and budget director in which the same were vested prior to the effective date of this act, except as herein otherwise provided. Every act performed in the exercise of such powers, duties and functions by or under the authority of the division of the budget or director of the budget created by this act, respectively, shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the budget division or budget director, respectively, in which such functions were vested prior to the effective date of this act.(c) Whenever the budget division, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the division of the budget created by this act.(d) Whenever the budget director, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, such reference shall be deemed to apply to the director of the budget created by this act.(e) All orders and directives of the budget director or the budget division in existence on the effective date of this act, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be orders and directives of the director of the budget created by this act, until revised, amended, revoked or nullified pursuant to law.(f) The division of the budget and director of the budget created by this act, respectively, shall be continuations of the budget division created by K.S.A. 75-3715 and the budget director provided to be appointed under K.S.A. 75-3703.L. 1972, ch. 332, § 4; July 1.