Section 499-FFFF. Enforcement and administration

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 solar  electric  generating  systems  and  any  related
  structures and equipment;
    (c)  to  establish  permit  or certification requirements to determine
  when the solar electric generating system has been  placed  in  service,
  such  as  certification  by an architect, engineer or other certified or
  licensed professional whom a designated agency designates by rule;
    (d) to establish guidance and procedures for determining or certifying
  eligible solar electric generating system expenditures;
    (e) to prescribe forms and make and promulgate rules to carry out  the
  purposes of this title;
    (f)  to  make the determinations provided for in sections four hundred
  ninety-nine-cccc and four hundred ninety-nine-eeee of this title and  to
  notify the department of finance of such determinations; and
    (g)  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  a  designated 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-eeee of this title and (b)
  any other interagency coordination to facilitate the  purposes  of  this
  title.