FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 2650

                         C 183 L 00

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Simplifying agency to agency transfer of small amounts of personal property.

Sponsors:  Representatives Romero, McMorris, Campbell, Dunshee, Lambert, D. Schmidt, Kenney and Miloscia; by request of Department of General Administration.

House Committee on State Government

Senate Committee on State & Local Government

Background:

The Division of Purchasing within the Department of General Administration is responsible for selling surplus personal property belonging to the state.  Before such a sale, the division must determine whether other state agencies can in need of the property.  An agency receiving transferred surplus personal property must pay fair market value for the property to the transferring agency.  The Division of Purchasing must maintain records of disposed surplus property, including the date and method of disposal, identity of the recipient, and approximate value of the property.

Summary of Bill:

State surplus property may be transferred between state agencies without the exchange of fair market value, so long as the fair market value of the property is less than $500.  State agencies must maintain adequate records of these transfers to comply with state inventory procedures and state audit requirements.

Votes on Final Passage:

House970

Senate470

Effective:June 8, 2000