(a) All public institutions of higher learning in Arkansas desiring to participate in the Arkansas Archeological Survey provided for in this subchapter may contract with the University of Arkansas for Arkansas Archeological Survey archeologists to be assigned to and in residence at the contracting institutions.
(b) Any institutions desiring to be assigned a survey archeologist-in-residence at the institutions shall agree to provide the university under contract an amount not less than the equivalent of twenty-five percent (25%) of the salary of the archeologist upon a nine-month basis.
(c) When a contract is entered into by the university and a cooperating institution, the survey archeologist may be assigned to and based at the cooperating institution for the contract period, which shall normally be twelve (12) months unless a shorter period is provided in the contract.
(d) During the portion of the survey archeologist's time contracted for by a cooperating institution, he or she may perform research, teaching, or other related functions as directed by the cooperating institution in accordance with the terms of the contract, provided these other functions shall not be such as to interfere with the effective performance of his or her duties as a survey archeologist.
(e) The university shall enter into contracts with cooperating institutions for the assignment of survey personnel to the extent that the assignments are consistent with the purposes and aims of the survey and insofar as funds and personnel permit the contracts to be made or renewed.