{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-2373","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 2373","heading":"Transfer to governmental or other legal entity; determination of transferee","body":"(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.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 24—DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"b08d2ea54d3afcb6d2714bb5ed9079b5846f0bf1b395ad52fa0912509a863a7c","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-2372","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-2374"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}