(1) There is hereby created a department of law, the head of which shall be the attorney general.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this article or by law, the powers, duties, and functions of the department of law, created by article 31 of this title, and all other powers, duties, and functions vested by law or the state constitution in the office of attorney general are transferred by a type 2 transfer to the department of law, subject to the state constitution.

(3) The department of law includes the following:

(a) Division of legal affairs. The division of legal affairs, created by article 31 of this title, and its powers, duties, and functions are transferred by a type 2 transfer to the department of law as the division of legal affairs.

(b) Division of state solicitor general, including the office of state solicitor general, created by part 2 of article 31 of this title. The division of state solicitor general and the office of state solicitor general shall perform their duties and exercise their powers under the department of law, as if the division of state solicitor general and office of state solicitor general were transferred by a type 2 transfer, as a division thereof.

(c) Repealed.

(d) The peace officers standards and training board created in part 3 of article 31 of this title. The peace officers standards and training board shall exercise its powers and perform its duties under the department of law as if the same were transferred by a type 2 transfer.

(4) (a) The collection agency board, created by article 16 of title 5, and its powers, duties, and functions are transferred by a type 2 transfer to the department of law as a section of the division of legal affairs and shall be under the supervision of the administrator of the "Uniform Consumer Credit Code", whose office is created by section 5-6-103.

(b) Repealed.