(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the chief fiscal officer of the academy shall deposit into and maintain in local trust accounts, or in other California State University trust accounts or in the California Maritime Academy Trust Fund, which is hereby continued in existence in the State Treasury, funds received in connection with the following sources or purposes:

(1) Advance payment for anticipated expenditures or encumbrances in connection with federal grants or contracts.

(2) Miscellaneous receipts in the nature of deposits and subject to return upon approval of a proper application.

(3) Fees and charges for services, materials, and facilities required of persons who, at their option, use the services or facilities, or who are provided the materials, for which the fees or charges are made. Fees and charges so received and deposited shall be used to meet the costs of providing those services, facilities, and materials.

(4) Fees for student activities, as defined by the trustees, and revenues derived from the conduct of student activities. The trustees may administer and use the fees and revenues to support the student activities.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, funds deposited and maintained under this section are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the trustees for the support of the academy as may be determined by the trustees consistent with the terms and conditions of any agreement under which the funds were received. The funds so deposited and maintained may be invested by the chief fiscal officer of the academy, or by the State Treasurer, as appropriate, upon approval of the trustees, consistent with this section and the terms and conditions of any agreement under which the funds were received.

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1298, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994. Operative July 1, 1995, by Sec. 1.5 of Ch. 1298.)