SECTIONS 17540-17542 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 17540-17542

17540. The governing board of any school district may sell any
personal property or school supplies belonging to the district to the
federal government or its agencies, to the state, to any county,
city and county, city or special district, or to any other school
district or any agency eligible under the federal surplus property
law, (40 U.S.C. Sec. 484(j)(3)) and the governing board of another
school district may purchase the property, for an amount equal to the
cost thereof plus the estimated cost of purchasing, storing, and
handling the property, without advertisement for or receipt of bids
or compliance with any other provisions of this code. The governing
board of any school district may purchase any personal property or
school supplies for the purpose of selling them, pursuant to this
section.
This section does not authorize the purchase, for the purpose of
resale, of standard school supplies and equipment by any elementary
school district governed by school trustees.

17541. The provisions of Section 17540 shall be applicable to a
sale of personal property from a unified school district whose
boundaries are coterminous with a city or city and county to that
city or city and county.

17542. The governing board of any school district may sell or lease
used personal property belonging to the district to the federal
government or its agencies, to the state, to any county, city and
county, city or special district, or to any other school district,
and the governing board of another school district may purchase or
lease the property. The selling price and the terms of sale, or the
lease price and the terms of lease shall be fixed by the governing
boards of the school districts effecting the sale or lease, and
approved by the county superintendent of schools. The sale or lease
may be made without advertisement for or receipt of bids, or
compliance with any other provisions of this code.