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AS 44.29.020 AS 47.30.477 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made conforming technical revisions under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 78.275 to add references to AS 44.30.020 and AS 47.06.010. 7 AAC 78.280. Property management. (a) If a grantee plans to acquire an interest in real property with grant money, the grantee must enter into a written agreement with the department on terms that secure the state’s interest in the property before acquisition. (b) Before the grantee may use grant money to purchase nonexpendable personal property, the acquisition cost of the property must be included in the budget, or in an amendment to the budget, of the grant project approved by the department. In this subsection, “acquisition cost” means

(1) the cost of the nonexpendable personal property and the cost of necessary accessories; and

(2) ancillary charges, such as duty, taxes, transportation, protective in-transit insurance, and installation fees if the inclusion of those charges is in accordance with the grantee’s regular accounting practices. (c) Title to property purchased under (b) of this section vests in the grantee upon acquisition, subject to the right of the department to require the grantee to transfer title to the property to the state or to another person or legal entity if

(1) the department did not waive its right to require transfer of title to property under this subsection under the terms of the grant;

(2) the grantee no longer has need for the property in the grant project for which it was acquired, or the grant project or that part of the grant project for which the property was acquired is being transferred to another grantee;

(3) no later than 120 days after the completion or termination of the grant or 120 days after the date of an appeal decision under 7 AAC 78.310, if applicable, whichever is later, the department provides written notice to the grantee of its intent to require transfer of the property, along with a list of the property subject to transfer; and

(4) the department reimburses the grantee for the property by