(a) The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management is authorized to cooperate with the federal government in the transfer of government surplus property to any and all departments and agencies of state and local government and to any and all other agencies eligible to receive surplus property under Pub. L. No. 81-152 and Pub. L. No. 81-754, and any and all other statutory laws that may be enacted by the United States Congress covering the disposal of federal government surplus property.
(b) The department is authorized to take any and all action necessary to the proper administration of the federal Surplus Property Program in the acquisition of and the distribution of government surplus properties to eligible claimants in this state, distribution to be in accordance with the appropriate controlling federal statutes.
(c) The department is authorized to add to the cost of the properties an amount necessary to defray the expenses of this service.