§ 160-kk. Financial oversight of the fund. No later than May first of each year, the fund shall submit to the governor and legislature certified financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles by a certified public accountant. The members of the fund shall be required on and after January first of each year to afford the certified public accountant convenient access at all reasonable hours to all books, records and other documents, including but not limited to invoices and vouchers, necessary or useful in the preparation of such statements and in the verification of the monthly statements submitted to the fund.