(a) The State Treasurer is authorized to receive grants, interest, interest subsidies and contributions from the United States or from any other source pertaining to student loans, and he shall add the same to the Short Term Investment Fund. All expenses for operating the Short Term Investment Fund, including but not limited to the cost of servicing student loans shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the funds of the Short Term Investment Fund.
(b) The State Treasurer is authorized to: (1) Pay state banking service fees from the Short Term Investment Fund earnings of the General Fund and (2) deduct bank service fees directly attributable to individual funds, other than the General Fund, from the earnings credited to such other funds.