Arizona Laws 27-515. Administration; powers of the commission; fees
A. The commission shall administer and enforce this article and other laws relating to conservation of oil and gas. The commission and administrative staff, at any time, may enter property and inspect wells drilled for oil or gas and well records, and shall control property, machinery and appliances necessary to gauge the wells.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 27-515
- Fund: means the state general fund. See Arizona Laws 27-501
- Gas: means natural gas, casinghead gas, all other hydrocarbons not defined as oil, carbon dioxide and helium or other substances of a gaseous nature. See Arizona Laws 27-501
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Oil: means crude petroleum oil and all other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, which are produced at a well in liquid form by ordinary production methods and which are not the result of condensation of gas. See Arizona Laws 27-501
- Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Well: includes any hole drilled or spudded in for the purpose, with the intention or under the representation of penetrating oil or gas bearing strata or of penetrating any strata in search of stratigraphic data pertinent to the location of oil or gas bearing strata, whether or not in either case oil or gas is actually discovered, any hole used in connection with the underground storage of hydrocarbon substances, whether liquid or gaseous, any hole used in connection with a process to inject any substance for purposes of disposal or to increase recovery, any hole used for the purpose of secondary or tertiary recovery and any hole used for the purpose of pressure maintenance. See Arizona Laws 27-501
B. The commission may:
1. Administer oaths to a witness in any hearing, investigation or proceeding held under this article or any other law relating to conservation of oil and gas.
2. Issue subpoenas requiring attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of books, papers and records deemed material or necessary, and direct service of subpoenas by a sheriff or other officer authorized by law to serve process.
3. Prescribe rules and do all acts necessary or advisable to carry out this article.
4. Collect fees to cover the costs of services, including reproduction of records or any portion of records and copies of rules. The monies collected are not subject to section 27-523 but shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, by the commission in the fund from which the expenditure was originally made.
5. Publish technical maps, cross sections and reports and sell these materials for fees that will cover the costs incurred in their preparation, reproduction and distribution.
C. The commission may enter into cooperative agreements with agencies of the United States government, with agencies of state or local government or with Indian tribes to protect the fresh water supplies of this state from contamination or pollution brought about by the drilling of any well or for any other purpose of this article.
D. The commission may apply for and accept gifts, devises and donations of books, well records, maps or other materials. All donated materials shall become public records.
E. Monies collected under subsection B, paragraph 5 of this section are not subject to section 27-523 but shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the permit administration fund established by section 49-455 and shall be used to prepare, reproduce and distribute further publications.