(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the "veterans cemetery maintenance fund" to which shall be deposited the revenues derived from the program fees for special veterans motor vehicle license plates as provided in section 49-418, Idaho Code, gifts, grants, contributions and bequests to the fund, revenues derived from the sale of state commemorative silver medallions as authorized in section 67-1223, Idaho Code, and any other moneys as may be provided by law. Interest earned on idle moneys in the veterans cemetery maintenance fund shall be paid to such fund.
(2)  Moneys in the fund shall be used exclusively for the purposes of operating, maintaining and acquiring services and personal property for a state veterans cemetery, and moneys shall be continuously appropriated for such purposes.