Any certified commission may enter into agreements with like commissions, councils, boards or other agencies or non-profit associations of cotton growers of other states for the purpose of conducting a similar agricultural commodities promotional program jointly with such commissions, councils, boards or other agencies or non-profit associations of cotton growers in other states, and such certified commission shall be authorized to contribute a proportionate share of the cost and expense necessary for such a program.
Ala. Code § 2-8-206 (1975)