(1) The department may:
(a) create, maintain, and promote a statewide livestock crimestoppers program in order to assist law enforcement agencies in detecting and combating livestock-related crimes;
(b) advise and assist in the creation and maintenance of local programs;
(c) encourage the channeling of information from the programs to law enforcement agencies;
(d) foster the detection of livestock-related crimes by the public;
(e) encourage the public, through a reward program or otherwise, to provide information that assists in the prosecution of livestock-related crimes;
(f) promote the state and local programs through the media;
(g) accept gifts, grants, or donations for the furtherance of the program and spend these in compliance with the conditions of the gifts, grants, or donations; and
(h) adopt rules necessary to administer the provisions of this part.
(2) The department shall recommend to the board of livestock:
(a) the names of individuals to be rewarded for providing information used in detecting and combating livestock-related crimes;
(b) the amount of any reward recommended; and
(c) means for promoting the program.