(g) No state funds shall be used for the maintaining, operating or equipping of any capital construction project in excess of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) which was not approved by the commission and authorized by the legislature. (h) The commission may request funding for and shall distribute funds to colleges as provided in the Wyoming works program. Funds requested for the Wyoming works program shall be requested by an exception budget and designated as separate special funding for the Wyoming works program only. Funds distributed pursuant to the Wyoming works program shall be accounted for and distributed separately from the funding allocation model under subsection (c) of this section and from special funding distributed pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.