A. The department may lease state lands for the development of geothermal resources and sell geothermal resource leases as provided in this article.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 27-668

  • Department: means the state land department. See Arizona Laws 27-651
  • Environment: means the sum total of all the external conditions which may act upon an organism or community, to influence its development or existence. See Arizona Laws 27-651
  • Geothermal resources: means :

    (a) All products of geothermal processes embracing indigenous steam, hot water and hot brines. See Arizona Laws 27-651

B. The department may prescribe rules and regulations necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section and to protect the environment and provide for multiple, dominant or single use in the best interest of the state.