§7-13-8. Contributions by county courts, county boards of education and municipal governments.

A county court, county board of education, or municipal government shall be authorized and empowered to contribute to the costs of duly recognized community action program organizations by appropriating for such purposes money from its general funds not otherwise appropriated. A county court, county board of education, or municipal government likewise is authorized and empowered to transfer and convey to a duly recognized community action program organization property, equipment and machinery, and other goods: Provided, That such transfer will further the conduct and implementation of component projects of a community action program.

A county court, county board of education, or municipal government is authorized and empowered to accept, use and dispose of gifts of property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, and to convey or otherwise transfer the same to a recognized community action program organization: Provided, however, That such transfer will further the conduct and implementation of component projects of a community action program.

A county court, county board of education, or municipal government is authorized and empowered to enter into and perform such contracts, leases, cooperative arrangements, or other transactions as may assist in the performance of component projects of a community action program: Provided further, That no county court, county board of education, or municipal government shall enter into any such contract, lease or cooperative arrangement unless it is requested to assist in such manner through notification, in writing, by the chairman, president, administrator or other chief executive officer of a recognized community action program organization.