After having conducted a performance and fiscal audit through its joint committee on government operations, pursuant to section nine, article ten, chapter four of this code, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that the United States geological survey program within the department of natural resources should be continued and reestablished. Accordingly, notwithstanding the provisions of section four, article ten, chapter four of this code, the United States geological survey program within the department of natural resources shall continue to exist until the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six.