The administrator shall, upon request from a local governmental unit, make available information as provided in Section 7 of this Act. The administrator may transfer or assign transferable property as provided in Section 7.3 of this Act or make direct sales to local governmental units, but no transfer, assignment or sale may be made to a local governmental unit without giving preference to an agency. No local governmental unit receiving property under this Section may dispose of that property except (a) to another local governmental unit, (b) as a trade-in on like property or (c) with the written approval of the administrator.
30 ILCS 605/8