Independent auditing services

1. The commission may appoint an independent auditor responsible for providing reports of amounts due to the state of North Dakota from all site operators and service providers for pari- mutuel taxes, promotion fund, breeders' fund, purse fund, unclaimed tickets, and breakage. 2. The independent auditor shall obtain wagering data directly from the totalizator company used by the service provider. Each service provider shall cooperate fully to provide the independent auditor with complete access to all wagering data held by the service provider and their totalizator company. 3. In the event of a discrepancy between reports provided by a service provider and the independent auditor, the service provider shall work directly with the independent auditor and take all reasonable steps to identify the error or discrepancy and provide a complete reconciliation to the commission not later than thirty days after the service provider is notified of the discrepancy. The commission may grant an extension of this deadline. 4. If the discrepancy between reports provided by a service provider and the independent auditor is the result of an error in the systems or procedures utilized by the service provider, the service provider shall file a report detailing the cause of the error and a proposed course of action to correct the error. The error must be corrected and a final report filed detailing the correction no later than sixty days after the service provider is notified of the error. The commission may grant an extension of this deadline.