(a) The Passenger Equipment Acquisition Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340, all moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department to pay the principal of, interest on, and redemption premium, if any, on equipment obligations, to pay all costs of issuance and sale of equipment obligations, to purchase new and rehabilitate existing equipment, and for passenger rail capital improvements.
(b) The net proceeds derived from the sale and leaseback of equipment made pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 914, Sec. 5.)