The commission shall exercise the powers and duties created by Act No. 89 of the Public Acts of 1935, being sections 798.101 to 798.103, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and by any interstate compact made and entered into pursuant to said act, in regard to the control and supervision of parolees and probationers, and in regard to cooperative effort and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime and in the enforcement of the penal laws and policies of the contracting states, and the commission may promulgate such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to more effectively carry out the terms of the aforesaid act and compacts made pursuant thereto.
MCL 791.211