(b) Where the commissioner has determined that there are no interested municipalities pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the availability of such property shall be advertised at least once prior to sale in a local newspaper. Such advertisement shall identify the property, the place where the terms of sale may be obtained and the date upon which offers will be received. In cases of emergency or special circumstances, such notice may be waived if at least three separate and independent offers are solicited and obtained. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, where the property will be sold by public auction over the internet, such notice may be waived if notification of the availability of such property is provided on the office of general services' website five business days prior to sale. Every such sale shall be made to the highest offer complying with the terms of sale and all proceeds of such sales shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the state unless otherwise required by law. A record of each sale shall be retained and shall be subject to audit. 5. The secretary of the senate shall also have the power, at the request of any member of the senate who shall hereafter resign or whose term of office shall hereafter terminate, or the surviving spouse of such member, to sell to such member, or to such surviving spouse, the chair last occupied by such member in the senate for the sum of twenty-five dollars, depositing any moneys received from such sale in the state treasury; provided, however, that a written request therefor, accompanied by the payment herein provided, be submitted to the secretary of the senate within ninety days after any such resignation or termination of term of office; and provided further that not more than one such chair may be thus sold, regardless of any service subsequently rendered as a member of the senate. In the event that any member of the senate dies leaving no surviving spouse, the secretary of the senate shall have the power to sell such chair, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove prescribed, and in the following order of priority: (i) to any person designated by such member in a writing filed with the secretary of the senate, or (ii) to a child of such member, if any, in the order of seniority, (iii) to the father of such member, (iv) to the mother of such member, (v) to a brother or sister of such member in the order of seniority. 6. The clerk of the assembly shall have the power, at the request of any member of the assembly who shall hereafter resign or whose term of office shall hereafter terminate, or the surviving spouse of such member, to sell to such member, or to such surviving spouse, the chair last occupied by such member in the assembly for the sum of twenty-five dollars, depositing any moneys received from such sale in the state treasury; provided, however, that a written request therefor, accompanied by the payment herein provided, be submitted to the clerk of the assembly within ninety days after such resignation or termination of term of office; and provided further that not more than one such chair may be thus sold, regardless of any service subsequently rendered as a member of the assembly. In the event that any member of the assembly dies leaving no surviving spouse, the clerk of the assembly shall have the power to sell such chair, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove prescribed, and in the following order of priority: (i) to any person designated by such member in a writing filed with the clerk of the assembly, or (ii) to a child of such member, if any, in the order of seniority, (iii) to the father of such member, (iv) to the mother of such member, (v) to a brother or sister of such member in the order of seniority. 7. The commissioner shall have the power, at the request of a former governor or head of a state department or agency, or the surviving spouse of such a former official, to sell to such former official, or to his or her surviving spouse, selected articles of furniture, in use by such former official at the termination of his services as governor or head of a state department or agency in the private offices of the governor in the executive chamber or in the office occupied by such former head of a state department or agency, for the reasonable value thereof as articles of furniture as determined by the commissioner, depositing any moneys received from such sale in the state treasury; provided, however, that a written request therefor, specifying the articles to be purchased, be submitted to the commissioner within ninety days after the termination of such service. 8. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply to the transfer of library books and journals, provided, however, that in the event any such items are to be transferred or disposed of in a manner other than as provided by such subdivision, the head of the department having custody or control of the library book or journal shall certify that it is no longer needed by the department and a record of the transfer or disposal, including such certification, shall be filed with and kept by the office of general services. 9. The application of subdivisions one and three of this section to the transfer of computers, computer software and computer equipment, not required for trade-in, reuse within the agency, or requested by another state agency, shall be in conformity with section one hundred sixty-eight of this article. Disposal of computer equipment pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivision one of this section, or disposal of computer equipment by an agency in the exercise of its discretion according to subdivision three of this section shall be deemed to be in the best interest of the state if in conformity with section one hundred sixty-eight of this article, or if the head of the disposing agency demonstrates the existence of a greater state interest in an alternate disposal.