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 obligations may be made payable at the office of the authority. All monies derived from operations of the authority of any nature and received by any officer, agent or employee of the authority shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the appropriate Arizona power authority fund. All operation monies of the authority received shall be accounted for and kept separate from any monies made available to the authority by any legislative appropriation and shall be paid out only in accordance with the regularly adopted authority operation budget on warrants in discharge of claims and obligations approved by the authority commission, signed by the authority chairman and countersigned by the authority director or other duly authorized authority officer.

B. The appropriate claim vouchers shall be regularly entered in the operations accounting system of the authority and preserved and exhibited for auditing purposes. The operations accounting system set up by the authority shall conform as nearly as practicable to the uniform accounting system prescribed for public service corporations.

C. The department of administration may at any time examine the books, accounts and vouchers of the authority. On notice from the authority, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.