(a) The respective boards charged with the management or control of the charitable, penal, or correctional institutions and institutions of higher education of the State of Arkansas and other agencies of the state are authorized and empowered to donate, without compensation to the public, rights-of-way over or along lands under the control of the boards or agencies to counties, municipalities, road districts, or other public agencies for use as public highways, roads, or streets, when, in the discretion of the respective governing bodies of the state institutions and agencies, it may be deemed necessary or proper.
(b) The donations may be upon such terms, restrictions, or conditions as the boards or agencies may impose, and the boards and agencies are empowered to execute deeds or conveyances for the rights-of-way.