(a) The department may expend state funds for the purchase of:

(i) Civil air patrol aviation education training aids;

(ii) Books and equipment;

(iii) Maintenance and hangar rents of 'on-loan' United States air force aircraft; and

(iv) Maintenance supplies and equipment for a communications network for the civil air patrol.

(b) The department may expend state funds for administrative costs of the civil air patrol.