The Illinois Manufacturing Technology Alliance Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury and the Alliance Fund is hereby created outside the State Treasury. Monies appropriated by the General Assembly shall be held in the Illinois Manufacturing Technology Alliance Fund unless the Act making the appropriation specifically states that the monies are appropriated to the Alliance Fund. Monies received by the Alliance from an Alliance Partner shall be held in the Alliance Fund unless the terms of the contribution made by the Alliance Partner specifically states that the monies are to be deposited in the Illinois Manufacturing Technology Alliance Fund.
     Monies held in the Alliance Fund may be disbursed from the Alliance Fund without appropriation by the General Assembly; however, use of the monies in the Alliance Fund may be limited by the terms and conditions set forth by the State or the Alliance Partner at the time such monies are conveyed to the Alliance, including any terms and conditions requiring that monies remaining in the Alliance Fund after a specified date be returned to the source of such monies.
     All monies held in the Funds shall be available generally for expenditure by the Alliance for any purposes authorized by this Act. Monies held in the Alliance Fund may be invested pursuant to the provisions of “An Act relating to certain investments of public funds by public agencies”, approved July 23, 1943, as amended.