1. The office of administration is designated as the “Missouri State Agency for Surplus Property”. It may acquire, warehouse, and distribute federal surplus property to any and all eligible departments and agencies of the state and local government, and to any and all other institutions and organizations eligible to receive surplus property under Public Law 152, 81st Congress, as amended, and under any other laws enacted by the Congress of the United States which provide for the disposal of United States government surplus property, and may otherwise cooperate with the federal government in the transfer of government surplus property.

2. The state agency for surplus property may take any action necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes of this section and section 37.080 and it may make the certifications and enter into the agreements for and on behalf of the state which are necessary or appropriate under the controlling federal statutes and regulations, and may make regulations necessary for the disposal of surplus properties.