(a) Notwithstanding any other law, an organization and the commission may enter into an agreement to use state money for the following purposes:
(1) expanding, renovating, or improving historic sites or facilities, including through construction;
(2) maintaining, preserving, restoring, and protecting historical markers, monuments, and historic sites;
(3) promoting and conducting archeological studies;
(4) designing and fabricating exhibits and preserving, storing, and displaying artifacts, historical data, items of historical significance, and other items;
(5) creating interpretive and educational programs;
(6) acquiring additional artifacts, historical and marketing data, real estate, and items of historical significance relevant to state history, settlement, and culture and historic sites; and
(7) supporting programming or providing financial support for projects of the commission or a historic site.
(b) Each agreement entered into under this section must be approved by the commission.