In order to facilitate the development of cooperatives in the business and education sectors, the University of California is requested to establish a Center for Cooperatives. The university is further requested to give careful consideration to locating the center at the University of California, Davis, due to the demonstrated leadership role of that campus in providing research, education, and extension services to cooperatives. It is the intent of the Legislature that the center be interdisciplinary in nature and be administered by the university through the appointment of a director.