Utah Code 63A-2-404. Acquisition of federal surplus property — Powers and duties — Advisory boards and committees — Expenditures and contracts — Clearinghouse of information — Reports
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(1) The division may:
Terms Used In Utah Code 63A-2-404
- Agency: means a board, commission, institution, department, division, officer, council, office, committee, bureau, or other administrative unit of the state, including the agency head, agency employees, or other persons acting on behalf of or under the authority of the agency head, the Legislature, the courts, or the governor, but does not mean a political subdivision of the state, or any administrative unit of a political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 63A-1-103
- Department: means the Department of Government Operations. See Utah Code 63A-1-103
- Division: means the Division of Purchasing and General Services created under Section 63A-2-101. See Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
- Federal surplus property: means surplus property of the federal government of the United States. See Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: includes :(25)(a) money;(25)(b) goods;(25)(c) chattels;(25)(d) effects;(25)(e) evidences of a right in action;(25)(f) a written instrument by which a pecuniary obligation, right, or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged, or diminished; and(25)(g) a right or interest in an item described in Subsections (25)(a) through (f). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Property act: means the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- real property: includes :
(31)(a) land;(31)(b) a tenement;(31)(c) a hereditament;(31)(d) a water right;(31)(e) a possessory right; and(31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Surplus property program: means the program relating to state surplus property under Part 4, Surplus Property Service. See Utah Code 63A-2-101.5
- Surplus property program administrator: means :
(12)(a) the purchasing director, if the purchasing director administers the surplus property program; or(12)(b) the state surplus property contractor, if the state surplus property contractor administers the surplus property program. See Utah Code 63A-2-101.5- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(1)(a) acquire from the United States under and in conformance with the property act any federal surplus property under the control of any department or agency of the United States that is usable and necessary for any purposes authorized by federal law;(1)(b) warehouse federal surplus property if it is not real property; and(1)(c) distribute federal surplus property within this state to:(1)(c)(i) tax-supported medical institutions, hospitals, clinics, and health centers;(1)(c)(ii) school systems, schools, colleges, and universities;(1)(c)(iii) other nonprofit medical institutions, hospitals, clinics, health centers, schools, colleges, and universities that are exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954;(1)(c)(iv) civil defense organizations;(1)(c)(v) political subdivisions; and(1)(c)(vi) any other types of institutions or activities that are eligible to acquire the federal surplus property under federal law.(2) The division may:(2)(a) receive applications from eligible health and educational institutions for the acquisition of federal surplus real property;(2)(b) investigate the applications;(2)(c) obtain opinions about those applications from the appropriate health or educational authorities of this state;(2)(d) make recommendations about the need of the applicant for the property, the merits of the applicant’s proposed use of the property, and the suitability of the property for those purposes; and(2)(e) otherwise assist in the processing of those applications for acquisition of real and related personal property of the United States under the property act.(3) The division may appoint advisory boards or committees.(4) If required by law or regulation of the United States in connection with the disposition of surplus real property and the receipt, warehousing, and distribution of surplus personal property received by the surplus property program from the United States, the surplus property program administrator may:(4)(a) make certifications, take action, and make expenditures;(4)(b) enter into contracts, agreements, and undertakings for and in the name of the state including cooperative agreements with the federal agencies providing for use by and exchange between them of the property, facilities, personnel, and services of each by the other;(4)(c) require reports; and(4)(d) make investigations.(5) The division shall act as the clearinghouse of information for public and private nonprofit institutions, organizations, and agencies eligible to acquire federal surplus real property to:(5)(a) locate both real and personal property available for acquisition from the United States;(5)(b) ascertain the terms and conditions under which that property may be obtained;(5)(c) receive requests from those institutions, organizations, and agencies and transmit to them all available information in reference to that property; and(5)(d) aid and assist those institutions, organizations, and agencies in every way possible in those acquisitions or transactions.(6) The division shall:(6)(a) cooperate with the departments or agencies of the United States;(6)(b) file a state plan of operation;(6)(c) operate according to that plan;(6)(d) take the actions necessary to meet the minimum standards prescribed by the property act;(6)(e) make any reports required by the United States or any of its departments or agencies; and(6)(f) comply with the laws of the United States and the regulations of any of the departments or agencies of the United States governing the allocation of, transfer of, use of, or accounting for any property donated to the state.