Arizona Laws 27-934. Plan submission fee; accounting and appropriation of revenues
A. The state mine inspector shall assess and collect a one-time submission fee from the owner or operator of each exploration operation and mining unit at the time the owner or operator submits a plan under article 3 or 4 of this chapter.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 27-934
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Inspector: means the state mine inspector. See Arizona Laws 27-901
- Mining unit: means an individual portion of a mining facility that encompasses one or more surface disturbances. See Arizona Laws 27-901
- Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Surface disturbance: means clearing, covering or moving land by means of mechanized earth-moving equipment for mineral exploration, development and production purposes but does not include surveying, assessment and location work, seismic work, maintenance and other such activities that create a de minimis disturbance. See Arizona Laws 27-901
B. For fiscal year 1996-1997 the submission fee is three dollars per acre of surface disturbance covered by the plan. Thereafter, the inspector may revise the amount of the submission fee each year based on the reasonable direct costs to process, review and approve or deny the plan, but the submission fee shall not exceed three dollars per acre of surface disturbance covered by the plan.
C. The inspector shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the revenues from the submission fee in the state general fund. The inspector shall submit the amount that is necessary to administer and enforce this chapter as a separate item in the inspector’s budget request. The legislature’s appropriation to the inspector shall include an amount sufficient to administer and enforce this chapter, including payments to consultants for services provided pursuant to section 27-935.