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[CITE: 42USC3789]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
               SUBCHAPTER VIII--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3789. Title to personal property

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, title to all expendable 
and nonexpendable personal property purchased with funds made available 
under this chapter, including such property purchased with funds made 
available under this chapter as in effect before October 12, 1984, shall 
vest in the criminal justice agency or nonprofit organization that 
purchased the property if it certifies to the State office described in 
section 3757 or 3796aa-7 \1\ of this title, as the case may be, that it 
will use the property for criminal justice purposes. If such 
certification is not made, title to the property shall vest in the State 
office, which shall seek to have the property used for criminal justice 
purposes elsewhere in the State prior to using it or disposing of it in 
any other manner.
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(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 808, as added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, 
Sec. 609B(g), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2095; amended Pub. L. 99-570, 
title I, Sec. 1552(b)(4), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-46; Pub. L. 101-
647, title II, Sec. 241(b)(4), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4813; Pub. L. 
103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330001(h)(10), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
2139.)

                       References in Text

    Section 3796aa-7 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by 
Pub. L. 103-322, title IV, Sec. 40156(c)(8), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
1924.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3789, Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 811, as added 
Pub. L. 96-157, Sec. 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1205, authorized use of 
available services, prior to repeal by section 609B(e) of Pub. L. 98-
473. See section 3788(b) of this title.
    A prior section 808 of Pub. L. 90-351, title I, as added Pub. L. 96-
157, Sec. 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1204, amended section 5314 of Title 
5, Government Organization and Employees, prior to repeal by section 
609B(e) of Pub. L. 98-473.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``3757'' for ``3748, 3796o,''.
    1990--Pub. L. 101-647 substituted ``, 3796o, or 3796aa-7 of this 
title'' for ``or 3796o of this title''.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-570 inserted reference to section 3796o of this 
title and ``, as the case may be,''.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98-
473, set out as a note under section 3711 of this title.
