Each municipal port authority shall cause an annual audit of its accounts to be made, and for this purpose it shall employ a registered municipal accountant of New Jersey or a certified public accountant of New Jersey. The audit shall be completed and filed with the municipal port authority within 4 months after the close of the fiscal year of the municipal port authority and a certified duplicate copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury and in the office of the chief financial officer of the local unit within 5 days after the original report is filed with the municipal port authority.
N.J.S. § 40:68A-66