Summary
This change is to increase the options available to the Department and alter the procedures the Department follows when selling or exchanging surplus real property. It adds authority the Department requires when it determines online or web-based auction sites or applications will best serve the needs of the Department; provides the Department authority to engage an agent or broker to assist in sales or exchanges; adds a definition for "bidder"; reworks the procedure the Department must follow when a holder of a first right of refusal has a claim; provides a procedure for dealing with multiple offers when conducting negotiated sales; eliminates several unnecessary sub-sections; makes several technical changes; and adds several checks to the procedures.