§ 3010. Commissioner and bureau of motor vehicles continued. The
repeal by this chapter of the vehicle and traffic law as heretofore in
force and effect and the enactment of the provisions of this chapter
shall not be deemed or construed as operating to create a new office of
commissioner of motor vehicles or a new bureau of motor vehicles, but
shall be deemed and held to constitute a continuance of such office and
bureau. The present commissioner of motor vehicles shall continue in
office until his successor shall have been duly appointed and has
qualified and the organization of the present bureau of motor vehicles
shall continue as the bureau of motor vehicles in the department of
taxation and finance until changed pursuant to law.