2017 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 27 - Minerals, Oil and Gas
§ 27-107 Powers and duties; fund
27-107. Powers and duties; fund
A. The university of Arizona shall:
1. Establish administrative functions and offices as necessary to achieve the purposes of this article.
2. Direct the work of the Arizona geological survey and the formulation of its program and policies.
3. Adopt rules as necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.
B. The state geologist or the geologist's designee, at any time, may enter the property and inspect wells drilled for oil, gas, geothermal resources, helium or carbon dioxide and shall control property, machinery and appliances necessary to gauge the wells.
C. The geological survey fund is established for the purposes provided in this article consisting of appropriations and all monies received pursuant to this article. Monies shall be separately accounted for and used as a continuing appropriation by the university of Arizona for the purposes provided from each source. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations. The fund includes a separate mining, mineral and natural resources educational museum account consisting of monies received pursuant to section 27-106, subsection B to be used exclusively for the maintenance and operations of the mining, mineral and natural resources educational museum.
