There is hereby recreated and reconstituted a Department to be known as the “Department of Commerce,” with the organization, powers, and duties defined in Article 1 of this Chapter, except as modified in this Article.  (1977, c. 198, s. 1; 1989, c. 751, s. 7(23); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, ss. 44, 45.)