(a) In the event the Prairie County Quorum Court shall establish a county museum and shall, in the ordinance establishing the county museum, elect to take over the ownership, management, and operation of the Des Arc Archeological Museum, the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism is authorized and directed to convey to the Lower White River Museum State Park all rights, title, and interest of the State of Arkansas in the Des Arc Archeological Museum, to be thereafter operated, maintained, and improved by Prairie County as a part of the Lower White River Museum State Park.
(b) Any funds appropriated to the department by the General Assembly for the Des Arc Archeological Museum shall be remitted to the Prairie County Museum Commission on or before the fifteenth day after the beginning of each fiscal year for which the funds are appropriated and available.