Oklahoma § 80-34.3 - Duties of Surplus Property Agent

§ 80-34.3. Duties of Surplus Property Agent

A. The Surplus Property Agent shall, under the supervision and

direction of the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services:

1. Ascertain from the federal government through any of its

agencies, any surplus property available for sale, lease, or

donation either within or outside this state and shall notify the

state departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and agencies,

counties, cities, and towns, and school districts of the

availability of such property as is deemed necessary according to

the types and quantities of property available;

2. Secure from state departments, boards, commissions,

institutions, and agencies and from counties, cities, and towns, and

school districts, estimates of their needs for surplus property and

keep federal agencies informed of such needs;

3. Purchase, or accept as gifts or donations, any surplus

property from the federal government, its departments or agencies

for redistribution, by sale or donation to any state department,

board, commission, institution, or agency and to counties, cities,

or towns, and school districts, and provide for the care and

handling, transportation, and warehousing of property if necessary;

4. Distribute surplus property to state departments, boards,

commissions, institutions, and agencies and to counties, cities,

towns, school districts, and other entities authorized by the

federal government to receive federal surplus property, provided,

the entity reimburses the Surplus Property Agent for the purchase

price and expenses incurred in connection with acquiring,

warehousing, and distributing the surplus property;

5. With the approval of the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services, employ such employees and

assistants as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections

34.1 through 34.6 of this title;

6. Make acquisition of surplus automobiles in a manner

consistent with other applicable sections of law in this state; and

7. Perform other duties as are necessary for the purposes of

Sections 34.1 through 34.6 of this title.

B. The surplus property agent may participate in programs

through which the Government of the United States offers to provide

surplus military equipment, including weapons, protective clothing

and transportation devices.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 619, § 3, emerg. eff. May 8, 1947. Amended

by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 162, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1989, c. 300, §

20, emerg. eff. May 25, 1989; Laws 2000, c. 218, § 7, eff. Nov. 1,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 80. United States

2000; Laws 2004, c. 132, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2012, c. 304,

§ 1059.