Sec. 5. (a) The bank shall have an audit of its books and accounts made at least once in each year by a certified public accounting firm or the state board of accounts. If the audit is to be conducted by a certified public accounting firm, the firm may not be selected without a review of the firm's proposal and approval of the firm by the state board of accounts. The cost of the audit shall be considered an expense of the bank, and a copy of the audit shall be made available to the public.
(b) The bank shall submit a report of its activities for each fiscal year to the governor before November 1 of the calendar year in which the bank's fiscal year ends. Each report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during that fiscal year.