Texas also receives surplus federal property from the Federal Surplus Property Program. Background Texas' system for identifying and disposing of surplus property is inefficient and unnecessarily costly. As many as 158 days can lapse between identifying surplus property and its subsequent disposal. Texas also receives surplus property from the Federal Surplus Property Program, which makes surplus property from federal agencies available to state and local governments. Texas does not take adequate advantage of this criterion.
All organizations generate surplus property.
Computers and other office equipment become obsolete and furniture wears out. The challenge is to sell the surplus property for the maximum amount while keeping the state's costs for its storage and sale as low as possible. The state should not store or transport property if doing so will cost more than the amount the state can reasonably expect to receive from selling it. Chapter 2175 of the Texas Government Code establishes requirements for agencies' disposal of their surplus personal property. State warehouse managers periodically review the inventory in their warehouses to determine the values of the items they store and identify surplus items.