Any moneys accepted by the adjutant general pursuant to section 16-13-601, C.R.S., shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the department of military and veterans affairs counterdrug program federal forfeiture fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury and referred to in this section as the "fund". All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or another fund. Moneys in the fund shall be continuously appropriated to the department for use by the adjutant general in compliance with state and federal law.