§ 12-2-407 — Sale of surplus property to governmental entities and not-for-profit corporations

(a) The procurement commission shall promulgate regulations governing the transfer of surplus property to such governmental entities and corporations organized and conducted not-for-profit which have been approved as authorized donees under the federal surplus property program. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, prices to be set on items of surplus property, restrictions on the resale and the reversion to the state of any profit realized from any such resale. A not-for-profit corporation must first be listed as an authorized donee under the federal surplus property program administered by the department of general services. As the commissioner approves the declaration of property as surplus and assigns it for disposal, the commissioner shall set the price based on the fair market value for each item pursuant to the regulations of the procurement commission. Governmental entities and authorized donees may purchase such items at the price set by the commissioner at such times, as specified by regulations of the procurement commission, prior to the date of disposal by another method. For all surplus property, governmental entities and authorized donees shall retain possession of such property for one (1) year unless disposal is approved by the procurement commission. Transfers of surplus property shall be made at locations designated by the commissioner. Any transfer of motor vehicles, subject to the registration laws of this state, to a governmental entity or authorized donee, shall become null and void, and such property shall revert to the state if such governmental entity or authorized donee does not transfer the registration of title to such motor vehicle to its name within seven (7) days after the sale. (b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, a designated nonprofit contractor or contractors of the department of human services have the first priority to purchase suitable and serviceable passenger motor vehicles which are declared to be surplus pursuant to this part for use by programs which have been or may be established by the department in which persons who are recipients of assistance in the families first program operated pursuant to title 71, chapter 3, part 1, or any successor program, or persons who are transitioning from those programs, are provided the opportunity to purchase such passenger motor vehicles as part of the person's efforts to obtain or maintain employment. (2) The designated nonprofit contractors designated by the department have first priority to purchase up to fifty percent (50%) of the available estimated yearly supply of the passenger motor vehicles declared as surplus pursuant to this part in fiscal year 2001, and up to twenty-five percent (25%) in each fiscal year thereafter at a price not to exceed the loan value of such vehicles. The price of such vehicles subject to this subsection (b) shall take into consideration the mileage and condition of the vehicle at the time it is offered for purchase. (3) Upon payment of the purchase price to the department of general services for the passenger motor vehicle, the nonprofit contractor designated by the department of human services shall receive possession of and title to the vehicle from the department of general services for use of the passenger motor vehicle in accordance with the department of human services' assistance program, or any successor program, under subdivision (b)(1) and in accordance with the contract between the nonprofit contractor and the department of human services.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, ch. 821, § 7; 1978, ch. 797, § 2; T.C.A., § 12-241; Acts 1981, ch. 319, § 2; 1982, ch. 845, §§ 2, 3; 1998, ch. 853, § 2; 2000, ch. 875, § 1; 2011, ch. 295, § 9(a), (g), (h); 2012, ch. 626, §§ 4, 5.