Iowa Admin. Code r. 11-111.1
"Agency" or "state agency" means a unit of state government, which is an authority, board, commission, committee, council, department, examining board, or independent agency as defined in Iowa Code section 7E.4, including but not limited to each principal central department enumerated in Iowa Code section 7E.5. However, "agency" or "state agency" does not mean any of the following:
1. The office of the governor or the office of an elective constitutional or statutory officer
2. The general assembly or any office or unit under its administrative authority.
3. The judicial branch, as provided in Iowa Code section 602.1102.
4. A political subdivision of the state or its offices or units, including but not limited to a county, city, or community college.
"Auction " means a sale of property to the highest bidder Auctions may be conducted electronically.
"Bid" means to offer a price to purchase an item.
"Bidder" means an individual who offers a price to purchase an item.
"Department" means the Iowa department of administrative services.
"Director" means the director of the Iowa department of administrative services or the director's designee.
"Hazardous materials" or "hazardous waste" means personal property that requires special handling and a special disposal fee based on state or federal regulations.
"Highest bidder" means an individual who offers the highest price to purchase an item.
"Personal property" means anything of value belonging to the state, other than real property, under the control of the director Tangible personal property that becomes part of realty is not personal property.
"Scrap " means personal property, such as equipment and supplies, that is to be disposed of because it does not have sufficient value to justify preparing it for reuse or reprocessing. Scrap may be recycled or sold.
"State surplus" or "state property" means items of personal property, such as equipment and supplies, for which state agencies no longer have a business use, but that have some reuse value. "State surplus" does not mean personal property that an agency uses as a trade-in or that is transferred from one agency to another agency when the receiving agency has a business use for the property.
"State surplus property program " means the program authorized under Iowa Code chapter 8 A for the director to dispose of state surplus property.
"State vehicle" means any vehicle registered to the state of Iowa, department of administrative services.
"Successful bidder " means an individual who was awarded the sale of an item as the highest bidder
"Surplus property program agent" means a not-for-profit organization or governmental agency that has entered into an agreement with the department to dispose of state surplus.
"Surplus property staging area " means an area within each building on the capitol complex where surplus property, other than vehicles, is accumulated for pickup.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 11-111.1