(a) In addition, the state may acquire voluntary contributions, donations, or other transfers from the specific licensee, or third persons, including other governmental agencies, in order to provide the necessary services to protect the public health, safety or welfare at contaminated sites or at abandoned, inoperative, or decommissioned facilities owning, storing, or otherwise possessing radioactive materials. Any such transfer of cash, land, or other assets is subject to the approval and acceptance of the donation by the commissioner.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-202-407

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner's designated representative. See Tennessee Code 68-202-401
  • Person: means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state, any interstate body, any governmental agency of this state and any department, agency or instrumentality of the federal government. See Tennessee Code 68-202-401
  • Radiation: includes all ionizing electromagnetic waves and corpuscular emissions such as, but not necessarily limited to, gamma rays and X-rays. See Tennessee Code 68-202-401
  • Specific licensee: means a holder of a specific license issued by the department. See Tennessee Code 68-202-401
(b) In the event that a person or entity licensed by a governmental agency, other than the state of Tennessee, should ever attempt to transfer an abandoned, inoperative, or decommissioned facility owning, storing, or otherwise possessing radioactive materials to the custody of the state of Tennessee, the commissioner shall require that the person transferring the facility make a lump sum contribution to the radiation reclamation trust fund or the perpetual care trust fund pursuant to § 68-202-402 in an amount to be determined by the commissioner by rule, regulation, or order based upon the rule or regulation.
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