Subject to the approval of the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority, respectively, may accept and receive grants of funds from the United States or any of its agencies for the construction, equipment and betterment of any of the institutions under its jurisdiction and may cooperate with the United States or its agencies in such construction, equipment and betterment. Any balances of appropriations for capital outlay for any institution resulting from the use of funds so received shall be placed in a common fund. The Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority are authorized and empowered in their discretion to expend such common fund or any portion thereof in the construction, equipment or betterment of any institution under its jurisdiction.
ORS 179.110