(1)There is established by Utah State University an agricultural extension service as provided in the federal Smith-Lever and Capper-Ketchum Acts and other federal laws.
(2)(2)(a) The university may enter into cooperative contracts with the United States Department of Agriculture, county or city officers, private and public organizations, corporations, and individuals, to share the expense of establishing and maintaining an agricultural extension service.
(2)(b) The county legislative body of each county may provide sufficient funds to ensure that the agricultural extension service functions properly in the legislative body's county.
(3)(3)(a) The governor may apply to the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain any appropriation made by Congress relating to the federal laws referred to in
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(1) There is established by Utah State University an agricultural extension service as provided in the federal Smith-Lever and Capper-Ketchum Acts and other federal laws.
(2) (2)(a) The university may enter into cooperative contracts with the United States Department of Agriculture, county or city officers, private and public organizations, corporations, and individuals, to share the expense of establishing and maintaining an agricultural extension service.
(2)(b) The county legislative body of each county may provide sufficient funds to ensure that the agricultural extension service functions properly in the legislative body's county.
(3) (3)(a) The governor may apply to the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain any appropriation made by Congress relating to the federal laws referred to in this section.
(3)(b) Whenever the university and agricultural experiment station shall be entitled to any money under these acts or similar acts, the university shall execute and file with the Secretary of the Treasury an agreement to expend the money received for the sole and exclusive purpose expressed in such act and in the manner therein directed, and to maintain a farm of at least 25 acres in connection with the university.
(3)(c) The university shall also comply with all conditions expressed in the acts.
(4) The university shall execute and file with the Secretary of the Treasury an agreement relating to the expenditure of funds received under the laws referred to in Subsection (3) that the funds will be used for the exclusive purpose directed in those laws.
(5) The university shall comply with all conditions expressed in the laws referred to in Subsection (1) in order to receive money under those laws.
(6) The state reaffirms the state's acceptance of the grants of money and property authorized by the following Acts of Congress:
(6)(a) the Morrill Act, approved July 2, 1862;
(6)(b) an Act of Congress passed March 2, 1887, entitled, "An act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several states under the provisions of an act approved July 2, 1862, and all acts supplementary to that act";
(6)(c) an Act of Congress entitled, "An act to provide an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure thereof," approved March 16, 1906;
(6)(d) the Purnell Act, approved February 24, 1925;
(6)(e) "the Smith-Lever Act to aid in the development of the extension work in connection with the agricultural colleges," approved May 8, 1914; and
(6)(f) "the Capper-Ketchum Act, providing for further support of agricultural extension work as conducted by the agricultural colleges," approved May 22, 1928.
(7) The state guarantees all money received under this section against loss or misapplication.
(8) The treasurer of Utah State University is the officer who receives money appropriated by the Secretary of the Treasury under this section.