Except as otherwise provided in this section and sections 104.805, 226.008, 389.610, and 621.040, all the powers, duties and functions of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety relating to rail transportation activities, including all rules and orders, as provided in this chapter and chapters 388, 391 and 622, are hereby transferred to the department of transportation, which is in the charge of the highways and transportation commission, by type I transfer as set forth in the Omnibus State Reorganization Act of 1974. Except as otherwise provided, all personnel of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety are transferred to the department of transportation by section 226.008, except that the administrative law judge is transferred by section 226.008 to the administrative hearing commission.