The authority shall conduct its affairs on the fiscal year basis employed by the State. The authority’s fiscal year shall begin July first of each year and shall end on the thirtieth day of June of the succeeding year. Within one hundred eighty days of the end of each fiscal year, an audit of its affairs shall be made by certified public accountants, of good standing, to be designated by the authority. Copies of such audits, incorporated into an annual report of the authority, shall be filed in the office of the Clerks of Court for Beaufort and Jasper Counties, with the Beaufort and Jasper Legislative Delegations, and with the Secretary of State.