27-152.02 - Arizona Statutes

27-152.02. Powers and duties of state geologist; fund A. The state geologist shall: 1. Establish such administrative functions and offices as necessary to achieve the purposes of this article. 2. Prescribe the number and professional disciplines of the technical staff and their office and laboratory associates. 3. Direct the work of the Arizona geological survey and the formulation of its program and policies. 4. Adopt such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. 5. Purchase or lease necessary office and laboratory equipment and acquire facilities from the state or lease necessary office and laboratory space. 6. Apply for and accept gifts, bequests or legacies of real or personal property or any other contribution, financial or otherwise, for use pursuant to the direction of the donor or, in the absence of an express direction, to be disposed of for the best interests of this state. The state geologist shall honor any restriction imposed by the donor on divulging contributed information or tangible personal property. 7. Accept from the federal, state and local governments or their agencies monies made available to this state for the purposes of this article. 8. Enter into cooperative agreements with federal, county or municipal governments or their agencies or with any agency or governmental unit established by the law of this or any other state for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article. 9. Contract with persons and organizations, public or private, to provide services for the Arizona geological survey. 10. Appoint a person with a background in oil and gas conservation to act on behalf of the oil and gas conservation commission and administer and enforce the applicable provisions of chapter 4 of this title relating to the oil and gas conservation commission. 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. A geological survey fund is established for the purposes provided in this article consisting of appropriations and all monies received pursuant to this section and sections 27-152.01, 27-153 and 27-515. Monies shall be separately accounted for and used as a continuing appropriation by the state geologist 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.