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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="4-504" title_number="4" title_name="Department of General Services" subtitle_number="5">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary may dispose of excess personal property and surplus personal property as provided in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Whenever feasible, the Secretary shall dispose of excess personal property by transferring it to another unit of the State government.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The unit of the State government that receives the excess personal property shall pay any cost of the transfer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may dispose of any surplus personal property; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall seek to gain the maximum value for the State in the disposition.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary shall dispose of surplus personal property:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>by dismantling it for recovery of valuable parts;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>by trading it in;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>by transferring it to a local jurisdiction, public school system, or nonprofit organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>by auctioning or selling it, including selling it for scrap value; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>if no value can be realized from it, by destroying it.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If surplus personal property is destroyed under this subsection, the unit of the State government that declared the item to be excess personal property shall pay any cost of destruction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Secretary may delegate the authority to dispose of surplus personal property to a designee of the Secretary or, by regulation, to another unit of the State government.</text>
  </level>
</section>
