(a) The department may enter into an agreement to accept funds from any person, business entity, or organization for the maintenance or operation of a state beach, any other unit of the state park system that encompasses a beach, or any area or facility of the state beach or other unit. Any funds so received shall be deposited in a separate account in the State Park Contingent Fund. The funds received shall supplement existing resources for the purposes of enhancing the maintenance or operation of the state beach, other unit of the state park system that encompasses a beach, or area or facility of the state beach or other unit. The department and the sponsoring person, business entity, or organization may specify in the agreement the level of maintenance or operation that will be performed.
(b) The department may also enter into an agreement to accept services from any person, business entity, or organization for the operation, maintenance, or enhancement of a state beach, other unit of the state park system that encompasses a beach, or area or facility of the state beach or other unit, on a nonprofit basis. Under the direction of the department, those services shall supplement existing staff resources for the purposes of operation, maintenance, or enhancement of the state beach, area, or facility.
(c) The director may authorize the erection of an appropriate sign in recognition of that sponsorship, in accordance with department rules and regulations regarding signs in the state park system.
(d) The activities authorized by this section shall be implemented as part of the department’s Adopt-A-Beach program.