Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 34 - GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, PROCUREMENT AND PROPERTY CONTROL
Part VII - Property Control
Chapter 3 - State Property Inventory
Section VII-307 - Items of Property to be Inventoried

A. All items of moveable property having an "original" acquisition cost, when first purchased by the state of Louisiana, of $1000 or more, all gifts and other property having a fair market value of $1000 or more, and all weapons, regardless of cost, with the exception of items specifically excluded in §307 E, must be placed on the statewide inventory system. The term "moveable" distinguishes this type of equipment from equipment attached as a permanent part of a building or structure. The term "property" distinguishes this type of equipment from "supplies" with supplies being consumable through normal use in no more than one year's time. All acquisitions of qualified items must be tagged with a uniform state of Louisiana identification tag approved by the Commissioner of Administration and all pertinent inventory information must be forwarded to the Louisiana Property Assistance Agency director or his designee within 60 calendar days after receipt of these items. In instances when equipment must be installed and/or tested before acceptance by the agency, the calendar days will begin upon official acceptance by the agency.

B. Gifts of moveable property must be given a fair market value as agreed upon between the donor and head of the receiving agency and recorded in the inventory if the fair market value is $1000 or more.

C. Agencies manufacturing moveable property for use within the agency must determine the estimated cost based on the cost of labor and materials and include such items in the inventory provided that estimated cost is $1000 or more.

D. Agencies which are eligible to receive federal surplus property must place on inventory all items acquired from Federal Surplus which would ordinarily be classified as moveable property and which have an acquisition cost of $1000 or more. The acquisition date will be the date of acquisition by the state agency and the acquisition cost will be the actual cost incurred by the state agency.

Note: There are federal regulations regarding accountability for federal surplus property. State agencies should contact the Federal Surplus Property Section for information regarding these regulations.

E. Livestock acquired for breeding, dairy, and experimental purposes are classified as property and, with the exception of fowl, and rodents, and any other similar type small mammals, must be recorded in the inventory regardless of the value per animal. Animals acquired for slaughter need not be placed on inventory. When an agency acquires livestock by birth and determination is made that such animals will be used for breeding, dairy, or experimental purposes, the animals shall be included in the inventory and noted as having been acquired by birth and given an appraised fair market value. At each annual inventory, the value of livestock acquired by birth and used for breeding, dairy, or experimental purposes will be re-appraised by the agency property manager and the acquisition cost will be adjusted on the inventory in accord with current fair market value. When an agency acquires livestock by birth and determination is made that such animals will be slaughtered for food, the animals shall not be included in the inventory.