3520     DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY  
(Revised 12/03)

Prior to an agency's disposal of any state-owned personal surplus property, other than vehicles and mobile equipment (See SAM Sections 4171 through 4175 for Disposition of Vehicles and Mobile Equipment), the agency must obtain approval from the State and Federal Property Reuse Program Office, Procurement Division, Department of General Services. 

The agency must submit to the State and Federal Property Reuse Program Office a Property Survey Report STD. 152 requesting direction and approval prior to disposition of any state-owned personal surplus property, including general office furniture, regardless of the original acquisition value or if the property was recorded or capitalized for accounting purposes.  The $5,000 unit acquisition cost requirement for capitalization does not apply to disposal actions.  Final disposition, which includes sale, trade-in, discarding or turning the property over to the State and Federal Property Reuse Program Office, or discarding the property may not occur until the State and Federal Property Reuse Program Office approves the disposition.

To request approval, the agency faxes the completed Property Survey Report (STD. 152), to the State and Federal Property Reuse Program Office, either in Sacramento at (916) 928-4644, or Southern California at (714) 449-5917.  This reporting requirement applies to all office furniture items, including (but not limited to) bookcases, cabinets, chairs, credenzas, desks, shelving, tables, and similar items common to state offices.

The State and Federal Property Reuse Program Office facilitates and ensures recycling of used office furniture that is sound and, therefore, reusable, thus contributing to reducing expenditures for new furniture and conserving the materials used in the manufacture of office furniture.