(a) Within 120 days after this Part takes effect, or on such later date as the State Energy Office shall determine, each agency shall submit the proposed procedures which it has developed to the State Energy Office for its final review and approval. The State Energy Office shall monitor the proposed procedures of all agencies for completeness, accuracy, feasibility and overall consistency and modify the proposed procedures in consultation with any agency affected, in such manner as it deems appropriate. Upon completion of its review of the proposed procedures, as modified, the State Energy Office shall approve them, in writing and submit them to the State Comptroller no later than 45 days after it shall have received the proposed procedures from the agencies or on such later date as the State Comptroller shall determine.

(b) The State Comptroller shall forthwith review all the proposed procedures of all agencies as approved and modified by the State Energy Office and modify them in such manner as he deems appropriate, in consultation with the State Energy Office and any agency affected by a proposed modification. Upon completion of his review of the proposed procedures, the State Comptroller shall approve them, and, as modified they shall constitute the procedures established by the Department of Audit and Control for the purpose of qualifying energy conservation expenses for reimbursement and shall be used by the State Comptroller as a basis for his audit of reimbursement of energy conservation expenses. A copy of such procedures shall be on file in the office of the State Comptroller in Albany and shall be available for inspection and copying by any interested party.

(c) The procedures may be amended or modified at any time by the State Comptroller after 10 days' written notice to the State Energy Office and any agency affected. Any such amendment or modification shall also be kept on file in the office of the State Comptroller.