(

a) Notwithstanding

Section of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the department to pay for the state’s share of the nonfederal costs of flood control and flood prevention projects adopted and authorized as of January 1, 1999, under The State Water Resources Law of 1945 (Chapter 1 (commencing with

Section 12570) and

Chapter 2 (commencing with

Section 12639) of Part of Division 6), The Flood Control Law of 1946 (Chapter 3 (commencing with

Section 12800) of Part of Division 6), and The California Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with

Section 12850) of Part of Division 6), including the credits and loans to local agencies pursuant to Sections 12585.3 and 12585.4, subdivision (

d) of

Section 12585.5, and Sections 12866.3 and 12866.4, and to implement

Chapter 3.5 (commencing with

Section 12840) of Part of Division 6. (

b) The money in the subaccount shall be allocated only to projects in the Counties of Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Napa, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and Ventura. (

c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state’s share of the nonfederal costs of projects for flood control and flood prevention adopted and authorized after January 1, 2001, shall not exceed that portion of the nonfederal costs authorized pursuant to

Chapter 1 (commencing with

Section 12570) of Part or any amendments thereto.