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[CITE: 42USC2373]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
            CHAPTER 24--DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES
 
                        SUBCHAPTER VI--UTILITIES
 
Sec. 2373. Transfer to governmental or other legal entity; 
        determination of transferee
        
    (a) Transfer may be made to one or more of the following, if the 
transferee has the legal authority to receive and operate the utility.
        (1) the city at the community;
        (2) the State in which the community is located;
        (3) any political subdivision or agency of that State; or
        (4) any person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity.

    (b) In determining the transferee for any utility, the Commission 
may consider the following:
        (1) the pattern of ownership of the comparable utilities in the 
    State in which the community is located;
        (2) the ability of the transferee to operate the utility;
        (3) the probable price of the sale of the utility, the ability 
    of the transferee to pay that price, and any probable expense;
        (4) the desires of the eligible voters of the community as 
    directly expressed in any vote in any officially recognized 
    procedure or in any procedure established by the Commission; and
        (5) the benefit to the United States in reducing possible 
    requirements for local assistance as authorized in subchapters VII 
    and VIII of this chapter.

(Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 7, Sec. 73, 69 Stat. 480.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by 
sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See also Transfer of Functions 
notes set out under those sections.
