The Legislature finds that: (a) Educational facilities, nonprofit organizations, juvenile detention centers, municipal and county public safety offices and other public, charitable or educational enterprises or organizations are always in need of computers, telecommunications devices and other technological equipment, while the acquisition of such equipment is costly; (b) The State Auditor must frequently purchase computers, […]
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the State Auditor is hereby authorized within his or her agency to create a computer donation program to donate equipment, which would otherwise be transferred to the surplus property unit of the Purchasing Division, to educational facilities, nonprofit organizations, juvenile detention centers, municipal and […]
The State Auditor shall propose legislative rules in accordance with the provisions of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code which shall detail the regulations for implementing the program. The rules shall provide for fair and impartial selection of equipment recipients.
If any provision or application of this article is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect any other provision or application of this article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
