(A) The records of the SPRV must be maintained in this State and must be available for examination by the director, or his designee, at any time. No later than five months after the fiscal year end of the SPRV, the SPRV must file with the director, or his designee, an audit by a certified public accounting firm of the financial statements of the SPRV and the trust accounts.

(B) Each SPRV organized under this chapter must file with the director, or his designee, by March first a statement of operations, to include a statement of income, a balance sheet, and a detailed listing of invested assets, including identification of assets held in trust to secure the SPRV's obligations under the SPRV contract, for the year ending the prior December thirty-first. The statements must be prepared in accordance with Section 38-13-80 on forms required by the director, or his designee.

(C) The SPRV must keep its books and records in such manner that its financial condition, affairs, and operations can be ascertained and so that its financial statements filed with the director, or his designee, can be readily verified and its compliance with the provisions of this chapter determined. The books or records may be photographed, reproduced on film, or stored and reproduced electronically.

(D) All original books, records, documents, accounts, and vouchers must be preserved and kept available in this State for the purpose of examination and until authority to destroy or otherwise dispose of the records is secured from the director, or his designee. The original records, however, may be kept and maintained outside this State if, according to a plan adopted by the SPRV's board of directors and approved by the director, or his designee, it maintains suitable records in lieu of it.

HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 259, Section 1, eff May 20, 2002.