(a) The Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration Account is hereby created in the fund for the purpose of funding eligible projects. The sum of three hundred ninety million dollars ($390,000,000) is hereby transferred from the fund to the account.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the account is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Resources Agency for the purposes set forth in this chapter, and for the administration of this chapter.