2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions.
§ 143-64.03. Powers and duties of the State agency for surplus property.

§ 143‑64.03.  Powers and duties of the State agency for surplus property.

(a)        The State Surplus Property Agency is authorized and directed to:

(1)        Sell all supplies, materials, and equipment that are surplus, obsolete, or unused;

(2)        Warehouse such property; and

(3)        Distribute such property to tax‑supported or nonprofit tax‑exempt organizations.

(b)        The State Surplus Property Agency is authorized and empowered to act as a clearinghouse of information for agencies and private nonprofit tax‑exempt organizations, to locate property available for acquisition from State agencies, to ascertain the terms and conditions under which the property may be obtained, to receive requests from agencies and private nonprofit tax‑exempt organizations, and transmit all available information about the property, and to aid and assist the agencies and private nonprofit tax‑exempt organizations in transactions for the acquisition of State surplus property.

(c)        The State agency for surplus property, in the administration of Part 1 of this Article, shall cooperate to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of Part 1 of this Article, with the departments or agencies of the State.

(d)        The State agency for surplus property may sell or otherwise dispose of surplus property, including motor vehicles, through an electronic auction service. (1991, c. 358, s. 2; 2003‑284, s. 18.6(a).)