The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may, for the purpose of paying in whole or in part the cost of any real or personal property acquired or contracted to be purchased or otherwise acquired under the provisions of ORS 276.210 to 276.228, use from any sum appropriated by law for the maintenance, operation and capital outlays of any of the public buildings and grounds or departments, such amount thereof, or equivalent amount, as is reasonably required or would otherwise be paid for the purchase of, or payment for, steam heat, electrical current or energy supplied by any person or corporation to any such state buildings for heat, light or power, and for the purpose of transmitting and receiving messages by radio, telephone, telegraph or other device or system in the transaction of business of the state or in which the state is interested.
ORS 276.220