Section 7-52-604 - Guidelines for accounting - Audits - Financial reports(a) The comptroller of the treasury shall adopt, after consideration of written comments submitted by any interested party, guidelines or procedures to establish appropriate accounting principles applicable to the division's affiliated transactions and cost allocation. The development of such guidelines or procedures shall not be deemed a rule-making proceeding under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.(b) A municipal division providing the services authorized by this part is subject to a finance and compliance audit under § 6-56-105, which audit shall be conducted in accordance with enterprise fund accounting principles under generally accepted accounting principles.(c) On or before June 30, 2005, the office of the comptroller of the treasury shall prepare a report to the general assembly evaluating the operations of municipal electric systems offering services permitted by this part, which shall include a recommendation as to whether the authority to provide such services should be expanded, restricted or terminated.(d) Except for two (2) municipal electric systems located in the middle grand division of the state, no additional municipal electric system shall apply or be granted authorization to provide the services described in § 7-52-601 until February 1, 2006, at which time the general assembly shall receive and consider the comptroller's report described in subsection (c); provided, however, that municipal electric systems presently operating pursuant to § 7-52-601 on June 7, 2005, or having received approval pursuant to § 7-52-602 as of June 7, 2005, shall not be subject to the requirements of this subsection (d).Acts 1999, ch. 481, § 1; 2005, ch. 362, § 1.