Effective July 1, 1979, the responsibility for the operation and administration of the State Veterans Home, Norman, Oklahoma, shall be assumed by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs. Thereafter, the State Veterans Home, Norman, shall operate as a separate institution under the direction and control of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The facility shall be described as such real property situated in Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, and more particularly described as follows: The North half (N 1/2) of Section 28, Township 9 North, Range 2 West, Indian Meridian, Cleveland County, less and except the West half (W 1/2) of the Northwest quarter (NW 1/4) of Section 28, the tract containing 240 acres more or less.