§ 42-27-6 — § 42-27-6. Reactor usage charges.

Rhode Island § 42-27-6

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 42: State Affairs and Government
• Ch. 42-27: Atomic Energy Commission

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§ 42-27-6. Reactor usage charges.

(a) Effective July 1, 2018, fees collected by the atomic energy commission for use of the reactor facilities and related services shall be deposited in a restricted receipt account to support the technical operation and maintenance of the agency's equipment.

(b) All revenues remaining in the restricted receipt account, after expenditures authorized in subsection (a) of this section, above two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) shall be paid into the state's general fund. These payments shall be made annually on the last business day of the fiscal year.

(c) A charge of up to forty percent (40%), adjusted annually as of July 1, shall be assessed against all university of Rhode Island (URI)-sponsored research activity allocations. The charge shall be applied to the existing URI-sponsored research expenditures within the atomic energy commission.

Legislative History

P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 15, § 2; 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 133; P.L. 2008, ch. 9, art. 11, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 2, § 5.