(a) No public trust shall become effective until the beneficial interest therein shall have been accepted by a beneficiary thereof, and the trust shall be effective only as to beneficiaries who have accepted beneficial interest thereunder.
(b) If the state or any of its agencies or departments shall be named as the beneficiary, the beneficial interests shall be accepted by the Governor, and if any governmental or municipal subdivision of the state is named as the beneficiary, the beneficial interests shall be accepted by the governing body thereof. The power and authority to accept beneficial interests under such trusts is conferred upon the Governor and such governing bodies.
(c) The acceptance of beneficial interest of any trust shall be endorsed upon the trust instrument by the accepting governmental authority.
(d) Upon acceptance, the trust instrument shall be a binding contract between the state and the designated beneficiary and the trustee of the trust for the acceptance of the beneficial interest therein and for the application of the trust property and its proceeds, and the operation of the trust, in accordance with the purposes set forth in the trust instrument. The trustee of the trust thereupon shall be the regularly constituted authority of the beneficiary for the performance of the functions for which the trust shall have been created.
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