§16-19-2. Counties and municipalities authorized to make appropriations and donations to state educational institutions.

Any local subdivision shall have the power to make, from time to time, appropriations from any of its funds not required by law to be devoted to some other purpose, to any state educational institution for the purpose of paying all or any part of the costs of the acquisition, by construction or otherwise, of an educational facility to be owned and operated by such state educational institution; and any local subdivision shall have the power also to donate any of its properties that are not required by law to be used for some other purpose to any state educational institution for use as an educational facility to be owned and operated by such state educational institution, or as a part of such an educational facility.

(Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §2.)