Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024
Section 305-9-1-.01 - Background(1) The Surplus Property Division was originally created under the Alabama State Board of Education's area of responsibility as the Surplus Property Division of State and Federal Property Assistance. Governor Jim Folsom, Sr., issued Executive Order No. 11 on May 28, 1956, directing that the Surplus Property Division be the official state agency to receive all federal and state surplus property. The Surplus Property Division was then transferred to the Department of Finance when Governor Fob James issued Executive Order No. 39 on March 3, 1981. It is now located under the Department of Economic and Community Affairs, by way of Executive Order No. 11 issued by Governor George C. Wallace on August 22, 1983.(2) Acts of Alabama No. 84-249, No. 87-584, and No. 93-748 comprise the state law governing the disposition of surplus personal property owned by the State of Alabama. Federal surplus property disposition is governed by the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, the Federal Property Management Improvement Act of 1988, and the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1988.(3) The Surplus Property Division is given full authority to handle the transfer of government surplus personal property, as well as the transfer of personal property from any other institutions both public and private within the State of Alabama, and to handle the fair and equitable distribution of all property transferred to the State. Author: Shane T. Bailey
Ala. Admin. Code r. 305-9-1-.01
New Rule: Filed November 25, 2002; effective December 30, 2002.Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-23-6.