(a) This section applies to the funding through lease-purchase financing arrangements for the construction of the California State Prison-Del Norte County as authorized by the 1986 amendments to Section 1.5 of Chapter 237 of the Statutes of 1985 by the statute which enacted this section.

(b) The provision of Sections 15819.1 to 15819.13, inclusive, and Section 15819.15 apply to the funding of the California State Prison-Del Norte County, provided that for that purpose:

(1) “Prison facility” as used in Section 15819.1 includes the California State Prison-Del Norte County.

(2) Notwithstanding the monetary limitation imposed by Section 15819.3, the total amount of bonds which may be issued pursuant to this section for the California State Prison-Del Norte County shall not exceed the additional sum of three hundred twenty five million dollars ($325,000,000).

(c) Notwithstanding Section 13340, funds derived from the lease-purchase financing methods for the California State Prison-Del Norte County deposited in the State Treasury, are hereby continuously appropriated to the State Public Works Board on behalf of the Department of Corrections for the purpose of acquiring and constructing the prison facility so financed.

Funds so appropriated shall be available as necessary for site acquisition, site studies, and suitability reports, environmental studies, architectural programming, schematics, preliminary plans, working drawings, construction, long lead and equipment items.

(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 533, Sec. 1.3. Effective August 20, 1986.)