Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, proceeds from the sale and conveyance of surplus real property or improvements used for operation of state prisons, if not managed as state office buildings and support facilities revolving fund property, shall be deposited in a reserve for correctional facilities, which hereby is created in the general fund, to be used for capital outlay for replacement facilities of the department of correction and other capital outlay of the department.
T.C.A. § 12-2-120