The State Auditor and Inspector shall audit the books, records and files of the Commission and the Department and shall file his report thereof not later than December 15 following the close of each fiscal year. Such audit shall be continuous in nature and shall contain a report on the several divisions and the activities thereof. The State Auditor and Inspector shall make his report of such audits in quadruplicate, one copy thereof to be filed with the Governor, one copy with the State Director of Finance, one copy with the Commission, and shall retain one copy as a public record in his office. The copies shall be filed in each of such divisions as soon as they are received by them. The expenses of such audits shall be paid by the Commission out of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund upon the presentation of sworn and itemized claims, which claims shall have been duly approved by the State Auditor and Inspector. A sum equivalent to one-tenth of one percent (1/10 of 1%) of the warrants issued during the previous fiscal year shall be allotted and appropriated annually from such Fund for the expense of this audit. If such sum is found to be inadequate for the purposes above set forth, then the Commission may allot and appropriate from such Fund such additional sums as may be necessary.

Laws 1968, HB 501, c. 415, § 315, emerg. eff. July 1, 1968; Amended by Laws 1979, HB 1019, c. 30, § 130, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.