The Department shall deposit into the State Cooperative Extension Service Trust Fund, a trust fund created outside the State treasury and held by the State Treasurer as custodian, all funds appropriated to the Department as matching funds and for the purpose of general support for cooperative extension programs as provided in the County Cooperative Extension Law. At the direction of the Treasurer of the University of Illinois, the Director of Agriculture shall direct the State Treasurer and the State Comptroller to transfer the trust funds to the University of Illinois as provided under subsection (d) of Section 8 of the County Cooperative Extension Law. The Department shall not have responsibility for or control over the cooperative extension service or its programs because of this trust fund.
20 ILCS 205/205-415