Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/918

 93 STAT. 886

Audit.

Financial statement.

PUBLIC LAW 96-122—NOV. 17, 1979 such carrier, organization, bank, or institution, or the Mayor, shall transmit and certify the accuracy of such information to the Board within one hundred and twenty days after the end of the fiscal year (or such other date as may be prescribed under regulations of the Board). (3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the Board shall engage an independent qualified public accountant who shall conduct such examination of any financial statements of the Fund, and of other books and records of the Fund or the retirement program, as the accountant may deem necessary to enable the accountant to form an opinion as to whether the financial statements and schedules required to be included in the annual report by subsection (b) of this section are presented fairly in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. Such examination shall be conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall involve such tests of the books and records of the Fund and the retirement program as are considered necessary by the independent qualified public accountant. The independent qualified public accountant shall also offer his opinion as to whether the separate schedules specified in subsection (b)(2) of this section and the summary material required under section 164(b)(2) present fairly, and in all material respects, the information contained therein when considered in conjunction with the financial statements taken as a whole. The opinion by the independent qualified public accountants shall be made a part of the annual report. (B) In offering his opinion under this section, the accountant may rely on the correctness of any actuarial matter certified to by an enrolled actuary if he so states his reliance. (C) The opinion required by subparagraph (A) need not be expressed as to any statements required by subsection (b)(2)(G) prepared by a bank or similar institution or insurance carrier regulated and supervised and subject to periodic examination by a State or Federal agency if such statements are certified by the bank, similar institution, or insurance carrier as accurate and are made a part of the annual report. (4)(A) The Board shall engage an enrolled actuary who shall be responsible for the preparation of the materials comprising the actuarial statement required under subsection (d) of this section. (B) The enrolled actuary shall utilize such assumptions and techniques as are necessary to enable him to form an opinion as to whether the contents of the matters reported under subsection (d) of this section— (i) are in the aggregate reasonably related to the experience of the Fund and the retirement program and to reasonable expectations; and (ii) represent his best estimate of anticipated experience under the Fund and the retirement program. The opinion by the enrolled actuary shall be made with respect to, and shall be made a part of, each annual report. (C) In making a certification under this section, the enrolled actuary may rely on the correctness of any accounting matter under subsection (b) as to which any qualified public accountant has expressed an opinion if he so states his reliance. (b)(1) An annual report under this section shall include a financial statement containing a statement of assets and liabilities, and a statement of changes in net assets available for benefits under the retirement program, which shall include details of revenues and expenses and other changes aggregated by general source and appli-

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