New Jersey statute

N.J.S.A. 2C:17-8 — Nuclear electric generating plant; damaging or tampering with equipment which results in death; crime of first degree

Current through P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

Part of Chapter 17, New Jersey Statutes.

Criminal charges under this statute

Nuclear electric generating plant; damaging or tampering with equipment which results in death; crime of first degree

Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:17-8

Statutory text current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22. This publication reproduces the official text of the New Jersey Statutes from the statute files published by the New Jersey Legislature; it is not the official statutes of the State of New Jersey.

N.J.S.A. 2C:17-8Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

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.

Official sources

justia: N.J.S.A. 2C:17-8

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Questions this section answers

What degree of offense is nuclear electric generating plant; damaging or tampering with equipment which results in death; crime of first degree in New Jersey?

Nuclear electric generating plant; damaging or tampering with equipment which results in death; crime of first degree is a crime of the first degree in New Jersey under N.J.S.A. 2C:17-8.

Which New Jersey statute covers nuclear electric generating plant; damaging or tampering with equipment which results in death; crime of first degree?

Nuclear electric generating plant; damaging or tampering with equipment which results in death; crime of first degree is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:17-8 (Nuclear electric generating plant; damaging or tampering with equipment which results in death; crime of first degree).

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