The board working with the Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall plan and conduct a campaign for advertising, publicizing, and promoting the increased consumption of strawberries and may contract for any advertising, publicity, and sales promotion services, the amount of the contract to be limited each year to the estimated amount of the tax for the year less the estimated cost of administering this Part. The board is further empowered to take any other action which it deems necessary to promote and improve the well-being of the strawberry industry. The commissioner is authorized and empowered to carry out any and all contracts made by the board.
La. R.S. § 3:730.7