§ 52:15C-17 — Additional powers, responsibilities of State Comptroller.

5. In addition to the powers and responsibilities of the State Comptroller, prescribed in P.L.2007, c.52 (C.52:15C-1 et seq.), upon the designation, with respect to the undertaking by any business of a project, of a lead public agency pursuant to section 4 of this act, the State Comptroller is authorized to audit: a. the uses of all financial assistance that shall have been or shall thereafter be received in connection with the project by a business from a public entity pursuant to any contract to which the provisions of section 2 of this act apply; and b. the expenditure by the business, in connection with the project, of funds from sources other than a public entity, as required under the provisions of subsection a. of that section. The audit shall include, but not be limited to, the amount of financial assistance funds that were provided by the public entity to the business and how such funds were spent by the business. L.2009, c.136, s.5.