Skip to main content
THIS SITE
PREVIOUS SECTION Go back to sections Go back to the chapter Go back to the N.J. Statutes homepage NEXT SECTION


New Jersey Statutes, Title: 2C, THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

    Chapter 17: Arson and related offenses

      Section: 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.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2013-06-10 16:36:30.






Older versions of 2c:17-8 (if available):



Court decisions that cite this statute: CLICK HERE.