(ABC 6 News) – Iowa state auditor Rob Sand says the Iowa Board of Parole likely violated state law in making parole decisions, but the board is refusing to cooperate.

Last year, a former board member told KCRG in Cedar Rapids that she believed the board had violated state law by allowing three alternate board members to make decisions.

The state auditor says, when the board stated to the auditor they were in violation, the board claimed it had resolved the issue.

However, the board refused to provide documents or answer further questions.

The board cited a new law passed last year which limited the powers of the state auditor.

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“The purpose of SF2311 is not to create a better system for taxpayers,” said Sands. “It’s to undermine an independently elected official of the Iowa and all of the people who work in this office for tax payers. And it’s to increase corruption in the state of Iowa.”

Senate File 2311 would allow state agencies to hire a private companies to conduct their annual audit, instead of the auditor’s office.

Proponents of the bill say it allows for increased transparency and flexibility, similar to what is seen cities.

However, according to Iowa state auditor Rob Sand, the only Democrat in a state elected office, calls the bill a “recipe for corruption.”

“We cannot audit what we have not been provided,” said Sand. “We worked hard with [the] administrative side, folks in the state of Iowa, in the Reynolds administration, but we can’t issue things on time if we don’t have the material that we have to audit.”

Last year, Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill limiting state auditor’s authority to get documents for investigations, despite “bipartisan opposition,” according to Sands.

The governor’s office and board of parole declined to comment for the audit and has not responded to questions from ABC 6 News.