Subject to the limitations of any other provision of this act, a marketing program may be effective throughout the State or a portion thereof and contain any of the following provisions:

(a) Advertising and sales promotion programs;

(b) Research studies in the production or distribution of the agricultural commodity. The dean of the Agricultural College of Rutgers University and the council shall cooperate in the selection of research projects. Insofar as practicable such projects shall be carried out by the Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers. If the dean of the Agricultural College at Rutgers University determines that the station has no suitable facilities for a particular project or that some other research agency has better facilities therefor, the project may be carried out by other research agencies selected by the council;

(c) Educational programs designed to disseminate information related to the marketing of the commodity; and

(d) Contribution to any State-wide, nonprofit program to inform the general public about agriculture.

L.1971, c. 308, s. 12, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.