of surplus property to political subdivisions, school districts, and nonprofit entities - Donation of property to law enforcement agency. A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate rules for use by state agencies and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to dispose of surplus property. The rules shall include standards for recordkeeping, methods for removal or disposal of surplus property, and acquisition by state agencies and authorized entities of surplus property, and for Office management of surplus property programs. B. A state agency selling, trading, redistributing or otherwise disposing of surplus property shall comply with the rules promulgated by the Director. C. The Office shall make surplus property available to state agencies and authorized entities, which shall include political subdivisions, school districts, and nonprofit entities of this state. D. The provisions of the Oklahoma Surplus Property Act shall not apply to institutions of higher education in this state, the Oklahoma Historical Society, the University Hospitals Authority or University Hospitals Trust or the Northeast Oklahoma Public Facilities Authority. The Grand River Dam Authority shall be exempt from the provisions of the Oklahoma Surplus Property Act for any surplus property disposed of prior to November 1, 2006. CompSource Oklahoma shall be exempt from the provisions of the Oklahoma Surplus Property Act if CompSource Oklahoma is operating pursuant to a pilot program authorized by Sections 3316 and 3317 of this title. E. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Oklahoma Surplus Property Act, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation may, pursuant to rules promulgated by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Commission for that purpose, donate any surplus property, as defined in Section 62.2 of this title, to any law enforcement agency of any political subdivision of the State of Oklahoma. The use of such donated equipment shall be limited to valid and authorized law enforcement efforts by the receiving agency. F. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Oklahoma Surplus Property Act, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol may, pursuant to rules promulgated by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, donate surplus Oklahoma Highway Patrol vehicles driven over ninety thousand (90,000) miles to any law enforcement agency of any political subdivision of the State of Oklahoma in a county with a population of no more than one hundred thousand (100,000) residents. The use of such donated vehicles shall be limited to valid and authorized law enforcement efforts by the receiving agency. Added by Laws 1995, c. 342, § 3, emerg. eff. June 9, 1995. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 218, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2004, c. 276, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 234, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 2005; Laws 2009, c. 454, § 14; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 707; Laws 2016, c. 309, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 2016; Laws 2019, c. 495, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2025, c. 384, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.
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