Cal. Gov't Code § 15819.29
(a) The necessary funding for the construction of the California State Prison-Kern County at Delano II authorized by Section 3 of the act enacting this section may be obtained through lease-purchase financing arrangements. Sections 15819.1 to 15819.13, inclusive, and Section 15819.15 shall apply for this purpose provided that the following applies:
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340, funds derived from the lease-purchase financing methods for the California State Prison-Kern County at Delano II deposited in the State Treasury, are hereby continuously appropriated to the State Public Works Board on behalf of the Department of Corrections for the purpose of acquiring and constructing or refinancing the prison facility so financed.
The sum of two hundred forty-three million five hundred thousand dollars ($243,500,000) shall be available for capital outlay for the California State Prison-Kern County at Delano II from funds derived from lease-purchase financing methods.
Funds so appropriated shall be available as necessary for the purposes of site acquisition, site studies and suitability reports, environmental studies, master planning, architectural programming, schematics, preliminary plans, working drawings, construction, long lead and equipment items. A maximum of four million dollars ($4,000,000) of the funds may be available for mitigation costs of local government and school districts.