Subject to approval by the State Board of Agriculture, and in cases where State funds are required, within the limits of State appropriations made therefor, the department may apply for and accept grants from the Federal Government or any officer or agency thereof, and may comply with the terms, conditions and limitations thereof, and enter into agreements therefor, for any program to promote the interests of agriculture and rural life in New Jersey. Any moneys so received shall be forwarded to the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey. The State Treasurer shall disburse same on receipt by him of a voucher certified or approved by the Secretary of Agriculture or his duly authorized agent. Such expenditures shall be for the purposes named in this act and shall be made in the same manner as other Federal funds, devoted to specific purposes, are now disbursed by the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey.

L.1955, c. 63, p. 209, s. 1.