Recognizing the uncertainty of the existence of a person or corporation in perpetuity, and recognizing that ultimate responsibility to protect the public health and safety must be reposed in a solvent government, without regard to the existence of any particular agency or department thereof, all lands, buildings, and grounds acquired by the state under RCW 70A.310.060 shall be owned in fee simple by the state and dedicated in perpetuity to the purposes stated in RCW 70A.310.060. All radioactive material received at a site and located therein at the time of acquisition of ownership by the state shall become the property of the state.

Effective date—1979 ex.s. c 110: See note following RCW 70A.310.010.