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administrator may, in the administrator's discretion, use an audit | report of a payroll processor performed by the processor or another | party to supplement or substitute for the administrator's own | regular examination. In addition, the administrator may, at any | time, conduct a special examination or investigation of any payroll | processor the administrator believes has engaged in conduct that is | a violation of any provision in this chapter.__For purposes of both | routine and special examinations and investigations, the payroll | processor shall give the administrator free and reasonable access | to the offices, places of business and records of the payroll | processor, and the administrator may make and procure copies of | those records, books, documents or other materials without | employing the subpoena powers provided by subsection 2.__For | purposes of both routine and special examinations and | investigations, and in addition to reviewing for compliance with | other provisions of this chapter, the administrator may review the | safety and soundness of the payroll processor, including but not | limited to an examination of its assets and liabilities and its | investments of employer funds to ensure that the payroll processor | is utilizing prudent investment practices with respect to those | funds. |
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| | 2.__Subpoenas.__For the purposes of this section, the | administrator may administer oaths or affirmations and, upon the | administrator's own motion or upon request of any party, may | subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, adduce evidence and | require the production of any matter that is relevant to an | examination or investigation, including the existence, | description, nature, custody, condition and location of any | books, documents or other material and the identity and location | of persons having knowledge of relevant facts or any other matter | reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible | evidence. |
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| | 3.__Inspection of records.__If the payroll processor's records | are located outside this State, that payroll processor, at the | administrator's option, shall either make the records available | to the administrator at a convenient location within the State or | allow the administrator or the administrator's representatives to | inspect them at the place where the records are maintained. The | administrator may designate representatives, including comparable | officials of the state in which the records are located, to | inspect them on the administrator's behalf. |
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| | 4.__Maintenance of records.__A payroll processor shall | maintain records of its payroll processing service activity in | conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and | practices and in a manner that will enable the administrator to | determine whether the payroll processor is complying with the |
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