(a) Notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of, Article 2 (commencing with Section 14660) of Chapter 2 of Part 5.5 of, and Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law to the contrary, the trustees may sell improvements located on the land at the California State University, Monterey Bay campus that was transferred to the trustees from the United States of America and used for housing purposes, in circumstances in which the underlying ownership in the land remains with the trustees. The trustees may exercise this authority without the prior approval of any other state department or agency.
(b) Moneys received by the trustees from the sale of improvements authorized in this section shall be deposited in local trust accounts. Moneys so deposited may be invested in accordance with state law and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, are continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years for the purposes of building, maintaining, and funding a campus of the California State University at Monterey Bay through expenditures for improvements to the campus, funding of scholarships, and other academic purposes of the campus.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 83, Sec. 45. Effective January 1, 2000.)