§ 2-6-6 — Receipt and disbursement of funds; accounts; auditing; bonds

(a) The Cooperative Extension Service is authorized to receive, on behalf of this state, all grants of money or other aid made available from any source to assist the state in carrying out the policy and purposes of this article. All such moneys or other aid, together with any moneys appropriated or other provision made by this state for such purpose, shall be forthwith available to the Cooperative Extension Service as the agency of the state, subject, in the case of any funds or other aid received upon conditions, to the conditions upon which such funds or other aid have been received, for the purpose of administering this article. Such moneys or aid may be expended by the Cooperative Extension Service in carrying out the state plans provided for in Code Section 2-6-5 or in otherwise effectuating the purposes and policies of this article. (b) Subject to any conditions upon which any such money or other aid is made available to the state and subject to the terms of any applicable plan made effective pursuant to this article, such expenditures may include, but need not be limited to, expenditures for: (1) Administration expenses; (2) Equipment; (3) Cost of research and investigation; (4) Cost of educational activities; (5) Compensation and expenses of members of the state advisory board provided for in Code Section 2-6-10 ; (6) Reimbursement to other state agencies or to voluntary committees or associations of agricultural producers for the costs to such agencies, committees, or associations of assisting in the administration of this article when assistance is requested in writing by the Cooperative Extension Service and rendered to the Cooperative Extension Service; (7) Reimbursement of any other fund from which the Cooperative Extension Service has made expenditures in providing services in the administration of this article; (8) Payments to agricultural producers provided for in any plan made effective pursuant to this article; (9) Salaries of employees; and (10) All other expenditures requisite to carrying out the provisions and purposes of this article. (c) The Cooperative Extension Service shall provide for the keeping of full and accurate accounts as such state agency, showing all receipts and expenditures of moneys, securities, or other property received, held, or expended under this article, and shall provide for the auditing of all such accounts and for the execution of surety bonds for all employees entrusted with moneys or securities under this article.