(a) The secretary of social and rehabilitation services is hereby authorized to sell and convey on behalf of the state of Kansas in the manner provided by this act the following described real estate: The southwest Quarter of Section 24; Township 22, Range 13 in Stafford County, Kansas. The above described property being that which was willed to the state of Kansas by Otto Hitz following the life estate created for Delmar Lee Hitz.

(b) When the real estate described in subsection (a) is sold, the proceeds thereof, after deduction of the expenses of such sale and the cost of the survey and the appraisal of the real estate, shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury with 1/2 being credited to the Parsons state hospital patient benefit fund and 1/2 being credited to the Kansas neurological institute patient benefit fund.