Section 499-FFF. Enforcement and administration  


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  • 1.  The  department of
      finance shall have, in addition  to  any  other  functions,  powers  and
      duties  that  have  been or may be conferred on it by law, the following
      functions, powers and duties to be exercised  in  accordance  with  this
      title:
        (a) to apply a tax abatement;
        (b) to revoke all or part of any such tax abatement;
        (c)  to  make  and  promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of this
      title; and
        (d) any other function, power or  duty  necessarily  implied  by  this
      title.
        2. A designated agency shall have, in addition to any other functions,
      powers  and  duties that have been or may be conferred on it by law, the
      following functions, powers and duties to  be  exercised  in  accordance
      with this title:
        (a)  to  receive,  review,  approve  and  deny  applications  for  tax
      abatement;
        (b) to inspect green roofs and any related structures and equipment;
        (c) to prescribe forms and make and promulgate rules to carry out  the
      purposes of this title;
        (d)  to  make the determinations provided for in sections four hundred
      ninety-nine-ccc and four hundred ninety-nine-eee of this  title  and  to
      notify the department of finance of such determinations; and
        (e)  any  other  function,  power  or duty necessarily implied by this
      title.
        3. If a designated agency determines that an architect or engineer  or
      other  certified or licensed professional whom such agency designates by
      rule,  in  making  any  certification  under  this  title  or  any  rule
      promulgated  hereunder,  engaged  in  professional misconduct, then such
      department shall so inform the education department or other appropriate
      certifying or licensing authority.
        4. A designated  agency  may  provide  for  reasonable  administrative
      charges  or  fees  necessary to defray expenses of administering the tax
      abatement program established by this title.
        5. A designated agency and the department of finance  shall  establish
      procedures  that  are  necessary  or  appropriate  for  (a)  the  timely
      notification to the department of finance by a designated agency  of  an
      approval  of  an  application  for tax abatement or of any noncompliance
      pursuant to section four hundred ninety-nine-eee of this title  and  (b)
      any  other  interagency  coordination to facilitate the purposes of this
      title.