§43A-2-104.

§43A-2-104.
   
   The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall be the
   controlling board and shall have authority to administer the affairs
   of the institutions, including the authority to employ the
   superintendent or other administrative head of the institutions and
   their employees and to fix their salaries. The controlling board shall
   make administrative decisions governing the type, nature, and
   propriety of all purchases made for general maintenance of the
   institution. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
   is authorized to discontinue farm operations or any portion of the
   farm operations at any time it feels it is to the best interest to the
   Department and this state. The Board may declare equipment and land
   which are surplus to the needs of the Department to the Office of
   Public Affairs. The Office of Public Affairs will dispose of these
   surpluses as provided by law. The Office of Public Affairs shall be
   the purchasing agency for all institutions for which appropriations
   are made in the Mental Health Law, but shall not have authority to
   determine the propriety of purchases of institutions over which they
   are not the controlling board. The Board of Mental Health and
   Substance Abuse Services is authorized to spend funds for the
   development of recreational facilities on state-owned land outside the
   institution grounds.