45-2424. Administration

A. The director shall provide administrative, technical and legal support to the authority to the extent requested by the authority. The director may hire staff, who shall be employees of the department of water resources, necessary to provide the level of support requested by the authority.

B. The director may employ a person in the capacity of Arizona water banking authority manager who shall be an employee of the department of water resources. The person employed in this capacity shall possess a high level of expertise and experience in Colorado river and water resource management in Arizona.

C. The director, on an annual basis, shall prepare and submit to the authority a budget showing the cost of providing the services requested by the authority for the following fiscal year. The authority may adjust its request for services, or when satisfied with the budget, may adopt it. The authority shall reimburse the department of water resources with monies from the banking fund for the services provided the authority in accordance with an adopted budget.

D. The CAWCD shall provide technical support to the authority to the extent requested by the authority. That technical support shall include expertise in the annual operation and capacity of the central Arizona project aqueducts and on the use of those aqueducts to fulfill the purposes of this chapter without impeding other water deliveries by CAWCD. The CAWCD, on an annual basis, shall prepare and submit to the authority a budget showing the cost of providing the services requested by the authority for the following fiscal year. The authority may adjust its request for services, or when satisfied with the budget, may adopt it. The authority shall reimburse the CAWCD with monies from the banking fund for the services provided the authority in accordance with an adopted budget.