§ 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.