Sec. 6. The commissioner shall adopt a procedure requiring the following:

(1) Each state agency shall notify the department of surplus property.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-22-21-6

(2) The department shall inspect the surplus property and determine if the property is usable by other state agencies.

(3) A state agency that requests the purchase of:

(A) new property; or

(B) material to be used for rehabilitation programs;

shall accept by transfer or purchase surplus property that is usable by a state agency instead of purchasing new property or materials.

(4) Property that is not usable by other state agencies may be:

(A) sold under section 7 or 7.5 of this chapter or IC 5-22-22;

(B) demolished, discarded, donated under section 7.6 of this chapter, or junked if the property has no market value; or

(C) disposed of if the property can be recycled in conjunction with a program administered by the department to promote recycling of property, the components of property, or the materials of property.

As added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.1.