Article 6. Federal Surplus Property of California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 6.

This article may be cited as the "Federal Surplus Property Acquisition Law of 1945."

As used in this article:
  (a) "Local agency" means county, city, municipal corporation, or public district.
  (b) "United States" includes any department, board, or agency thereof.
  (c) "State" includes any department or agency thereof.

A local agency may acquire in any manner from the United States or the State any federal surplus property, real or personal, without regard to any law which requires posting of notices or advertising for bids, inviting or receiving of bids, or delivery of purchases before payment, or which prevents the local agency from entering a bid in its behalf at any sale of federal surplus property by the United States or the State.

The legislative body of any such local agency may authorize any of its officers to make a down payment or payment in full required in the bidding or sale.

Any statute, charter, ordinance, or resolution inconsistent with this article is suspended to the extent of such inconsistency.