(a) The Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board is hereby created to accept all gifts, grants, and other moneys from any source for the purpose of financing new and ongoing fire ant research and educational programs and providing counsel in planning and executing such research and educational programs.
(b) These moneys will route through the University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, or the University of Arkansas Agricultural Development Council at Fayetteville for use by the board and fire ant researchers in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Arkansas at Monticello or other researchers in cooperative efforts with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.