1.  The Board shall cause an accurate account of all the activities, operations and receipts and expenditures of the Board, Program and Trust to be maintained. Each year, a full audit of the books and accounts of the Board, Program and Trust pertaining to those activities, operations, receipts and expenditures, personnel, services and facilities must be conducted by a certified public accountant and must include, without limitation, direct and indirect costs attributable to the use of outside consultants, independent contractors and any other persons who are not state employees for the administration of the Program. For the purposes of the audit, the auditors shall have access to the properties and records of the Board, Program and Trust and may prescribe methods of accounting and the rendering of periodic reports in relation to projects undertaken by the Board, Program and Trust.

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2.  Not later than August 1 of each year, the Board shall submit to the Governor, the State Controller and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature or, if the Legislature is not in session, to the Legislative Commission, an audited financial report, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, detailing the activities, operations and receipts and expenditures of the Board, Program and Trust during the immediately preceding calendar year. The report must also include projected activities of the Program for the current calendar year.

3.  The Board shall prepare an annual report on the operation of the Program to be available to all citizens and provided to appropriate state officers.