Arizona Revised Statutes Title 30 - Power

Chapter 1 ARIZONA POWER AUTHORITY
Article 1 Administration

• § 30-101 Definitions
  In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Authority" means the Arizona power authority. 2. " Commission" means Arizona power authority commission....
• § 30-102 Arizona Power Authority; Powers And Jurisdiction
  A. The Arizona power authority shall perform the duties and exercise the privileges provided by this chapter. B. The authority is a body corporate...
• § 30-103 Administrative Powers Of Authority; Compensation Of Assistants
  A. The authority shall determine its organizational structure and methods of procedure in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and may adopt, amend...
• § 30-104 Cooperation With Land Department And Director Of Water Resources
  The authority shall cooperate with the state land department and the director of water resources in the duties and functions of the department and...
• § 30-105 Arizona Power Authority Commission
  A. The purposes of the authority shall be effectuated by and through the Arizona power authority commission and other necessary personnel. The powers and...
• § 30-106 Organization Of Commission; Compensation; Oath
  A. The commission shall select a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its membership who shall each hold office for terms of two years,...
• § 30-107 Meetings Of Commission
  A. All meetings of the commission shall be public. All members of the commission shall attend all meetings thereof unless excused from attendance for...
• § 30-108 Powers And Duties Of Commission; Annual Report
  A. The members of the commission shall devote to their duties as members such time and attention as is necessary to effectuate the purposes...
• § 30-109 Powers And Duties Formerly Held By Colorado River Commission
  The authority shall have the following powers and duties formerly vested in and imposed upon the Colorado river commission: 1. Gathering of data regarding...

Article 2 Powers and Duties of Authority

• § 30-121 Acquisition And Encouragement Of Development Of Electric Power
  A. The authority shall bargain for, take and receive, in its own name on behalf of the state, electric power developed from the waters...
• § 30-122 Cooperation With Public Agencies; Limitations Upon Powers Of Authority
  A. The authority, in the acquisition, construction or operation of electrical transmission systems and other related facilities, shall as far as the best interests...
• § 30-123 Development Programs For Utilization Of Power; Use Of State Property; Right Of Eminent Domain
  A. The authority shall formulate plans and development programs for the practical, equable and economical utilization of electric power placed under its supervision and...
• § 30-123.01 Construction, Operation And Maintenance Of Dams; Generation Of Electrical Energy; Construction Of Storage And Diversion Facilities; Limitations
  The authority shall take such steps as may be necessary, convenient or advisable to construct, operate and maintain at the Bridge Canyon dam site...
• § 30-124 Disposition Of Electric Power; Limitations; Establishment Of Power Rates
  A. The authority shall take such steps as may be necessary, convenient or advisable to dispose of electric power within its jurisdiction. B. The...
• § 30-125 Preferences When Power Supplies Insufficient
  A. When available power supplies are insufficient to meet pending power applications, preferences shall be given to: 1. Districts. 2. Any incorporated city or...
• § 30-126 Designation Of Transmission Lines Upon Which Uniform Transmission Voltage Rate Applicable
  The authority shall designate certain sections of main transmission lines and facilities in the state for delivery of Colorado river power, including lines to...
• § 30-127 Uniform Transmission Voltage Rate; Wholesale Power Rates; Limitations
  A. The uniform transmission voltage rate shall include proper components of cost for power delivered over the sections of line designated under the provisions...
• § 30-127.01 Water Rights
  Nothing in sections 30-123, 30-123.01, 30-124, 30-127 and 30-127.01 shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or to in any way interfere...
• § 30-128 Construction Work And Purchases By Bid Only; Exceptions; Award Of Contract; Bond
  A. The construction of projects or facilities undertaken by the authority shall be by contract and not by force account. No contract for construction...
• § 30-129 Cooperation With Operating Units
  A. Any person or operating unit, or combination thereof, may petition the authority for the exercise of its powers and privileges in making any...

Article 3 Power Purchase Certificates

• § 30-151 Certificate Prerequisite To Purchase Of Power
  No person or operating unit in the state other than the retail purchasers from the authority permitted by section 30-122, shall become a purchaser...
• § 30-152 Application For Certificate; Hearing; Multiple Applications
  A. Any person or operating unit desiring to become a purchaser of electrical energy described in section 30-151 shall file with the authority an...
• § 30-153 Issuance Of Certificate; Conflicting Applications
  A. If an application is granted in whole or in part, a power purchase certificate shall be issued by the authority in accordance with...
• § 30-154 Certificates Granted As Matter Of Right
  A. Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, the authority shall grant as a matter of right: 1. The application of any district...
• § 30-155 Rights Of Certificate Holders; Cancellation Or Amendment Of Certificate
  A. The holder of a certificate may enter into a contract or contracts for the purchase of electrical energy generated by the waters of...

Article 5 Performance Bond or Collateral Security Required of Operating Unit

• § 30-191 Indemnity Or Performance Bonds As Security; Collateral Security In Lieu Of Bond
  A. Operating units may execute and deliver indemnity or performance bonds as required by the United States or the state as security or assurance...
• § 30-192 Authorization For Bond Or Collateral Security
  The governing or administrative body of an operating unit, if it finds the giving of the bond or pledge, or both, necessary or advisable...
• § 30-193 Provisions Of Bonds; Powers Of Operating Unit
  Indemnity or performance bonds or pledges may be in the form and contain terms, conditions and agreements as required by the pledgees to fulfill...

Article 6 Financial Provisions

• § 30-201 Administrative And Operation Budgets
  A. The authority shall on or before July 1 in each fiscal year adopt an administrative budget for the next succeeding fiscal year. The...
• § 30-202 Appropriated And Operation Funds Defined; Debt Reserve Fund; Application Of General Fiscal Laws
  A. Any funds made available to the authority by legislative appropriation shall be classified " appropriated funds." All other funds derived from operations or...
• § 30-203 Receipt Of Monies; Disbursements; Operation Of Accounting System; Annual Audit
  A. Monies due the authority under agreements for the sale of electric power or other service, proceeds of revenue bond issues or any other...
• § 30-204 Annual Audit Of Operation Funds And Collateral Deposits
  A. District and state agencies authorized to issue revenue bonds subject to approval of the state certification board shall cause an annual audit to...

Article 7 Revenue Bonds

• § 30-221 Authority To Issue Revenue Bonds
  A. When the authority finds other financing methods or procedure inadvisable, inadequate or insufficient to acquire or construct transmission lines, projects, works or facilities,...
• § 30-222 Prerequisites To Issuance
  No revenue bonds shall be issued until provision is made by power or transmission purchase contracts in accordance with the provisions of this chapter...
• § 30-226 Issuance Of Bonds; Provisions Of Bonds
  A. Bonds issued under this article shall be authorized by resolution of the authority and may be issued in one or more series, shall...
• § 30-227 Additional Provisions Of Bonds; Certification By Attorney General; Sale
  A. The authority may provide for reimbursement to the holder of all expenses of litigation and attorney fees incurred in collection of the bonds...
• § 30-228 Validity Of Bonds
  This chapter without reference to other laws of the state shall constitute full authority for the authorization and issuance of bonds hereunder. No other...

Chapter 4 CONTROL OF IONIZING RADIATION
Article 1 Administration

• § 30-651 Definitions
  In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Agency" means the radiation regulatory agency. 2. " Atomic energy" means all forms of...
• § 30-652 Radiation Regulatory Agency; Director; Duties
  A. There is established a radiation regulatory agency. B. The governor shall appoint a director pursuant to section 38-211 to administer the agency to...
• § 30-653 Radiation Regulatory Hearing Board; Qualifications; Terms
  A. There is established a radiation regulatory hearing board to consist of five members appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211. Each member...
• § 30-654 Powers And Duties Of The Agency
  A. The agency may: 1. Accept grants or other contributions from the federal government or other sources, public or private, to be used by...
• § 30-655 Powers And Duties Of Hearing Board
  A. The board shall conduct hearings and review orders of the director or the agency as provided in this chapter. B. The board shall,...
• § 30-656 Authority For Governor To Enter Into Agreements With Federal Government; Effect On Federal Licenses
  A. The governor, on behalf of this state, may enter into agreements with the federal government providing for discontinuance of certain of the federal...
• § 30-657 Records
  A. Each person who possesses or uses a source of radiation shall maintain records relating to its receipt, storage, transfer or disposal and such...
• § 30-658 Radiation Regulatory Fee Fund; Exemption
  The radiation regulatory fee fund is established consisting of fees directed by law to be deposited in the fund. The agency shall administer the...

Article 2 Licensing and Registration

• § 30-671 Exceptions; Radiation Standards
  A. Radiation protection standards adopted in rules and regulations promulgated by the agency under this chapter shall not be construed to limit the kind...
• § 30-672 Licensing And Registration Of Sources Of Radiation; Exemptions
  A. The agency by rule shall provide for general or specific licensing of by-product, source, special nuclear materials or devices or equipment utilizing such...
• § 30-672.01 Registration Of Persons Who Install Or Service Radiation Machines; Exception; Roster
  A. A person who is in the business of installing or servicing radiation machines which are defined in section 30-651 and which are required...
• § 30-673 Unlawful Acts
  It is unlawful for any person to receive, use, possess, transfer, install or service any source of radiation unless registered, licensed or exempted by...

Article 3 Regulations

• § 30-681 Inspection
  The agency or its duly authorized representatives may enter at all reasonable times upon any private or public property for the purpose of determining...
• § 30-682 Authority To Impound Materials
  In the event of an emergency, the agency may impound or order the impounding of sources of radiation in the possession of any person...
• § 30-683 Inspection; Agreements With Federal Government And Other States; Training Programs; Mammography Facilities
  A. The agency may, subject to the approval of the governor, enter into agreements with the federal government, other states or interstate agencies, whereby...
• § 30-684 Conflicting Ordinances By Municipality Or County
  Ordinances, resolutions or regulations, now or hereafter in effect, of the governing body of a municipality or county or board of health relating to...
• § 30-685 Injunction Proceedings
  When the agency finds that any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice which constitutes or will...
• § 30-686 Administrative Procedure And Judicial Review
  A. Except as otherwise provided in section 30-688, the agency shall afford an opportunity for a hearing on the record upon the request of...
• § 30-687 Routine Enforcement Action; Civil Penalty
  A. A person who violates this chapter or any rule or regulation of the agency or any license requirement is subject to a civil...
• § 30-688 Escalated Enforcement Action; Orders; Hearings; Appeals
  A. To enforce this chapter, the agency shall, by rule and regulation, prescribe procedures for implementing an escalated enforcement action. An escalated enforcement action...
• § 30-689 Violation; Classification
  A. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation or order placed in effect pursuant thereto by the commission...

Article 4 Control and Maintenance of Radioactive Material Processing Operations

• § 30-691 Definition; Limitation
  A. In this article, " radioactive waste material" means any residue remaining after the processing of source material. B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of...
• § 30-692 Acquisition Of Lands, Buildings And Grounds
  A. Any site used for the concentration and storage or disposal of radioactive waste material shall represent a continuing and perpetual responsibility in the...
• § 30-693 Financial Qualifications; Exemptions; Financial Security; Release
  A. Each licensee shall as a condition of its license: 1. Arrange for and pay all of the costs of management, control, stabilization and...
• § 30-694 Radiation Regulatory And Perpetual Care Fund; Investment; Purposes; Exemption From Lapsing
  A. A special fund called the radiation regulatory and perpetual care fund is established in which the agency shall deposit all sums and collateral...
• § 30-695 Deposits In Radiation Regulatory And Perpetual Care Fund; Reimbursements
  A. If there is a possibility that any licensed activity will result in radioactive waste materials which will require maintenance, surveillance or other care...
• § 30-696 License Application Requirements
  A. The agency, with the assistance of appropriate state agencies, shall review the radioactive materials license application. The review shall document, at a minimum:...

Chapter 5 INTERSTATE COOPERATION IN ATOMIC ENERGY MATTERS
Article 1 Western Interstate Nuclear Compact

• § 30-701 Adoption Of Compact; Text Of Compact
  The western interstate nuclear compact is hereby entered into and enacted into law as follows: WESTERN INTERSTATE NUCLEAR COMPACT ARTICLE I. Policy and Purpose...
• § 30-702 Board Member
  The member of the western interstate nuclear board or its successor agency representing the state of Arizona shall be appointed by the governor. Such...
• § 30-703 Filing Of Bylaws
  Pursuant to article II, paragraph (j) of the compact, the western interstate nuclear board shall file copies of its bylaws and any amendments thereto...
• § 30-704 Applicability Of Workers' Compensation And Occupation Disability Laws
  The provisions of title 23, chapter 6 shall be applicable and any benefits payable thereunder shall be payable to any persons dispatched to another...
• § 30-705 Finances
  Payment of funds to the western interstate nuclear board or its successor agency, as provided in article III, paragraph (b) of the compact, shall...

Article 2 Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact

• § 30-721 Adoption And Text Of Compact
  The southwestern low-level radioactive waste disposal compact is adopted and enacted into law as follows: Article 1. Compact Policy and Formation The party states...
• § 30-722 Administration
  A. The radiation regulatory agency is designated as the agency responsible for performing any administrative and enforcement duties assigned to this state by the...

Chapter 6 ELECTRIC POWER COMPETITION
Article 1 General Provisions

• § 30-801 Definitions
  In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Ancillary services" means those services designated as ancillary services in federal energy regulatory commission...
• § 30-802 Electric Competition; Terms And Conditions; Determination; Public Notice
  A. Public power entities shall determine terms and conditions for competition in the retail sale of electric generation service consistent with the provisions of...
• § 30-803 Competition In Retail Supply Of Electricity; Open Markets
  A. Public power entities may participate in retail electric competition statewide and shall open their entire service territories to competition to electricity suppliers certificated...
• § 30-804 Distribution Service Areas; Alteration
  This chapter does not alter the existing system of determining electric distribution service territories through certificates of convenience and necessity, official actions of public...
• § 30-805 Distribution Prices; Conditions
  A. Public power entities shall: 1. Establish unbundled ancillary electric transmission and distribution and other service prices and terms and conditions that are nondiscriminatory...
• § 30-806 Consumer Protection; Rules; Confidentiality; Unlawful Practice
  A. Public power entities shall adopt rules and procedures to protect the public against deceptive, unfair and abusive business practices. Public power entities and...
• § 30-807 Consumer Outreach And Education
  A. Public power entities shall be responsible for ensuring and overseeing a comprehensive public education program regarding electric generation service competition. Public power entities...
• § 30-808 Electric Retail Competition Information; Confidentiality
  Notwithstanding any other law, records and proceedings relating to competitive activity, including trade secrets or privileged or confidential commercial or financial information, if disclosure...
• § 30-809 Consumer Choice
  A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, during the initial construction of a residential structure, electric and natural gas facilities at...
• § 30-810 Application For Rehearing; Effect; Decision
  A. After any final order or decision is made by the governing body of the public power entity regarding terms and conditions for customer...
• § 30-811 Action To Set Aside Or Modify Certain Orders Or Decisions Of Public Power Entities; Filing; Limitation; Superior Court
  A. Any party in interest, or the attorney general on behalf of the state, who is dissatisfied with an order or decision of the...
• § 30-812 Action To Set Aside Or Modify Certain Governing Body Of Public Power Entity Orders Or Decisions; Limitation; Court Of Appeals
  A. The attorney general on behalf of the state or any party to a proceeding before the governing body of the public power entity...
• § 30-813 Application Of Antitrust Statutes
  Notwithstanding any other law, the provisions of title 44, chapter 10, article 1, apply to the provisions of competitive electric generation service or other...

Last modified: October 13, 2016