All the functions, powers and duties heretofore exercised by the Department of Agriculture, the Secretary thereof, and the State Chemist therein, pursuant to the "Economic Poison Act of 1951," P.L. 1951, chapter 316 and P.L. 1969, chapter 116 (C. 4:8A-1, et seq.), and all amendments and supplements to said acts, are hereby transferred to and vested in the Division of Environmental Quality established hereunder.
N.J.S. § 13:1D-8