| | Sec. H-5. 5 MRSA §1811, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1985, c. 158, §1, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. H-6. 5 MRSA §1811, sub-§7, as amended by PL 1991, c. 528, Pt. | III, §12 and affected by Pt. RRR and amended by c. 591, Pt. III, | §12, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. H-7. 5 MRSA §1811, sub-§9, as amended by PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. T, | §9, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. H-8. 5 MRSA §1813, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2003, c. 37, §1 and | c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further amended to read: |
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| | 6. Surplus property. Providing for transfer of supplies, | materials and equipment that are surplus from one state | department or agency to another that may need them, and for the | disposal by private and public sale of supplies, materials and | equipment that are obsolete and unusable. Political | subdivisions, educational institutions, fire departments or | qualifying nonprofit organizations, as defined in section 1813-A | 1828, subsection 1, must be given an opportunity to purchase the | surplus items through private sale. If 2 or more political | subdivisions, educational institutions, fire departments or | qualifying nonprofit organizations are interested in any item, | the sale must be the result of competitive bid. Any equipment so | purchased must be retained for a period of at least one year in a | current ongoing program. Any item purchased by a political | subdivision, educational institution, fire department or | qualifying nonprofit organization under this section may not be | sold or transferred by that political subdivision, educational | institution, fire department or qualifying nonprofit organization | for a period of 6 months from the date of the private sale, | except that a qualifying nonprofit organization that contracts | with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide | vehicles to low-income families may resell a passenger vehicle or | light truck purchased in the private sale to a low-income family |
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| to assist it in participating in work, education or training | pursuant to the qualifying nonprofit organization's contract with | the Department of Health and Human Services. The State reserves |
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| the right to refuse to sell additional equipment to a political | subdivision, educational institution, fire department or | qualifying nonprofit organization if it is determined that the | political subdivision, educational institution, fire department | or qualifying nonprofit organization has not retained the | equipment for the required period of 6 months; |
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| | Sec. H-9. 5 MRSA §1813-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 37, §§2 and 3; | c. 545, §5; and c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. H-10. 5 MRSA c. 155-A is enacted to read: |
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