849-J - Payment procedures; audits.

§   849-j.   Payment  procedures;  audits.  1.  Upon  approval  of  an  application, the chief administrator, within  available  appropriations,  may  authorize  disbursement  of  funds  in  any amount up to the amount  sought by the application. Such disbursement may be by  advance  payment  to  the applicant (or joint applicants, as appropriate) before it incurs  the cost for which its application sought funding, by  reimbursement  to  the applicant after it incurs and pays such costs in the first instance,  or by some combination thereof, as the chief administrator determines is  appropriate under the circumstances.    2. The state comptroller, the chief administrator and their authorized  representatives  shall  have the power to inspect, examine and audit the  fiscal  affairs  of  the  applicant  (or  applicants)  to  an   approved  application  granted pursuant to this article to the extent necessary to  determine whether funding received under the program has  been  used  in  accordance  with  the purpose or purposes for which it was sought in the  application, and whether there has been compliance with  all  rules  and  regulations governing the program and the provisions of this article.