All money received by the state as a result of actions by the Attorney General pursuant to this article or to the federal antitrust laws shall be placed in a separate fund by the state Treasurer, to be known as the antitrust enforcement fund, and shall be used solely for the payment of fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Attorney General in connection with antitrust enforcement activities and the first $300,000 in this fund shall not expire at the end of each fiscal year but shall, by operation of law, be automatically reappropriated from year to year and all sums in excess of $300,000 remaining in such fund shall expire at the end of each fiscal year and shall revert to the General Revenue Fund.