2014 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 2C - THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Section 2C:17-8 - Nuclear electric generating plant; damaging or tampering with equipment which results in death; crime of first degree
2C:17-8. Nuclear electric generating plant; damaging or tampering with equipment which results in death; crime of first degree
Any person who purposely or knowingly damages or tampers with any machinery, device, or equipment at a nuclear electric generating plant which results in the death of another due to exposure to radiation commits a crime of the first degree, and may be sentenced to an extended term of imprisonment as set forth in paragraph (2) of subsection a. of N.J.S. 2C:43-7, notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S. 2C:44-3.
L.1983, c. 480, s. 2, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
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