75-6602. Procedures authorized for disposing of surplus property; rules and regulations. (a) Subject to such limitations as the secretary of administration may prescribe, the secretary of administration or the secretary's designee may dispose of surplus state property to individuals and entities eligible for participation in the federal surplus property program by any of the following methods:

(1) Sale at fixed prices;

(2) by sale at negotiated prices; or

(3) by advertised public auction or advertised sealed bids.

(b) Subject to such limitations as the secretary of administration may prescribe, the secretary of administration or the secretary's designee may sell state surplus property to the general public by advertised public auction or advertised sealed bids or, if such property has been offered for a period of at least 30 days to individuals and entities eligible for participation in the federal surplus property program, may sell the property to the general public at fixed or negotiated prices.

(c) All surplus state property shall be sold or otherwise disposed of within one year after the date on which such property becomes surplus. The secretary of administration may adopt rules and regulations to establish procedures for the timely disposal of state surplus property.

(d) Subject to such limitations as the secretary of administration may prescribe, state agencies that have been given local disposal authorization for specified surplus property identified by state surplus property personnel as having a current value of $500 or less may dispose of the property using any of the following methods:

(1) Sell such property to a junkyard, as defined by K.S.A. 68-2203, and amendments thereto;

(2) give such property to a not-for-profit organization that is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code of 1986; or

(3) give such property to individuals or entities eligible for participation in the federal surplus property program.

History: L. 1985, ch. 265, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 327, § 6; L. 1987, ch. 341, § 7; L. 1990, ch. 330, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 269, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 116, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 121, § 5; July 1.