§201-82 Powers of the department. The department, subject to the approval of the director of budget and finance, shall have the following general powers to operate out-of-state offices established:

(1) To enter into contracts, leases, or cooperative agreements, or perform other transactions with any person, firm, partnership, association, company, corporation, or foreign nation, as may be necessary in the conduct of its business and on such terms as the department may deem appropriate, using competitive procurement practices, to the extent practicable, in accordance with rules adopted by the policy board;

(2) To establish operational bank accounts in out-of-state locations, including foreign denomination accounts, as may be necessary in the conduct of its business, notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 38;

(3) To receive by gifts, grants, devises, bequests, or otherwise from private sources or a foreign nation, any property, real, personal, or mixed, intangible or tangible, absolutely or in trust, to be used and disposed of, either the principal or the income therefrom, in accordance with the conditions under which it was received;

(4) To sell, lease, rent, hold, maintain, use, and operate any property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, in accordance with the conditions under which it was received;

(5) To hire such personnel as may be necessary in the conduct of its business and on such terms as the department may deem appropriate; and

(6) To do any or all other acts reasonably necessary to carry out the objects and purposes of this part, provided that the department shall not obligate any funds of the State not appropriated to the department. [L 1988, c 366, pt of §1; am L Sp 1993, c 8, §17; am L 1997, c 352, §23]