Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XXXIX - Forestry › Chapter 11 - Rural Fire Protection › Section XXXIX-1101 - State Excess Property Program

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Department of Agriculture and
				Forestry, through the Office of Forestry, shall use the following procedures
				for the assignment of state surplus property to local governments or duly
				organized and officially recognized fire organizations to be utilized in
				suppressing or providing protection from fires in rural areas.
1. This program shall be called the State
				Surplus Property Program (hereinafter "the program").
2. The state forester, or his designee, shall
				be the "program coordinator" and responsible for coordinating with local
				governments or duly organized and officially recognized fire organizations for
				the assignment of state surplus property under the program.
3. In order to be eligible to participate in
				the program, local governments or duly organized and officially recognized fire
				organizations must submit an application in writing to the program coordinator,
				Alexander State Forest, Box 298, Woodworth, LA 71485. The application must
				contain the name, address and phone number of the applicant and must state in
				detail the specific equipment sought by the applicant. All applications will be
				date stamped as of the date received in the office of the program coordinator
				and will be checked to verify the applicant's eligibility to participate in the
				program.
4. The department shall
				maintain a list of applicants which shall be divided into three categories of
				requested property:
a. vans and pickups up to
				3/4 ton;
b. pickups 1 ton or larger
				and larger trucks; and
c. all other
				types of equipment not included in Categories (Subparagraphs) a and
				b.
5. Following receipt
				and verification of eligibility, the applicant's name and the date the
				application was received shall be placed on the list in the appropriate
				category or categories.
6. As
				equipment becomes available, the program coordinator will assign the property
				to the applicants in the following manner:
a.
				first priority shall be given to newly formed departments;
b. second priority shall be given to
				established departments that have not previously received property under the
				program;
c. third priority shall be
				given to established departments that have previously received property under
				the program;
d. should two or more
				applicants have equal priority under the order set forth above, the property
				shall be assigned based on the date the applications of those equal applicants
				was received by the program coordinator;
e. should two or more applicants have equal
				priority under the order set forth above, the property shall be assigned to the
				applicant who can demonstrate to the program coordinator the greatest need for
				the property.
7.
				Applicants shall be removed from the list upon assignment of property, or two
				years from the date their application was received by the program coordinator.
				Applicants shall be entitled to a two-year extension of their original
				application, provided that the program coordinator receives a written request
				from the applicant 60 days prior to the expiration of the original application.
				Applications extended pursuant to this Section shall maintain the same priority
				as the original application.
8. The
				assignment and the cooperative endeavor between the Office of Forestry and
				local governments or duly organized and officially recognized fire
				organizations shall be evidenced by a written agreement.