2023 New York Laws › RPT - Real Property Tax › Article 4 - Exemptions › Title 4-C - Solar Electric Generating System and Electric Energy Storage Equipment Tax Abatement for Certain Properties in a City of One Million or More Persons › 499-FFFF - Enforcement and Administration.

§  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  or  electric  energy
storage equipment and any related structures and equipment;
(c)  to  establish  permit  or certification requirements to determine
when the solar electric generating system  or  electric  energy  storage
equipment  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 or electric energy storage
equipment 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.