(A) As used in this section:

1. (1) "Emergency medical service organization" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code.
2. (2) "Private fire company" has the same meaning as in section 9.60 of the Revised Code.

(C) The director of administrative services shall take immediate control of a state agency's excess and surplus supplies, except for the following excess and surplus supplies:

1. (1) Excess or surplus supplies that have a value below the minimum value that the director establishes for excess and surplus supplies under division (F) of this section;
2. (2) Excess or surplus supplies that the director has authorized an agency to donate to a public entity, including, but not limited to, public schools and surplus computers and computer equipment transferred to a public school under division (H) of this section;
3. (3) Excess or surplus supplies that an agency trades in as full or partial payment when purchasing a replacement item;
4. (4) Hazardous property.

(E) The director may do either of the following:

1. (1) Dispose of declared surplus or excess supplies in the director's control by sale, lease, donation, or transfer. If the director does so, the director shall dispose of those supplies in the following order of priority:

   1. (a) To state agencies;
   2. (b) To state-supported or state-assisted institutions of higher education;
   3. (c) To tax-supported agencies, municipal corporations, or other political subdivisions of this state, private fire companies, or private, nonprofit emergency medical service organizations;
   4. (d) To nonpublic elementary and secondary schools chartered by the state board of education under section 3301.16 of the Revised Code;
   5. (e) To the general public by auction, sealed bid, sale, or negotiation.
2. (2) If the director has attempted to dispose of any declared surplus or excess motor vehicle that does not exceed four thousand five hundred dollars in value pursuant to divisions (E)(1)(a) to (c) of this section, donate the motor vehicle to a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(a) and (c)(3) for the purpose of meeting the transportation needs of participants in the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code and participants in the prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code. The director may not donate a motor vehicle furnished to the state highway patrol to a nonprofit organization pursuant to this division.