Montana Code 50-79-303. Penalty
50-79-303. Penalty. A person who knowingly or purposely disposes of large quantity radioactive material, byproduct material, or special nuclear material within Montana shall be fined an amount not more than $5,000 or be imprisoned for not more than two years, or both, for each offense. A person who negligently disposes of large quantity radioactive material, byproduct material, or special nuclear material within Montana shall be fined not more than $1,000 for each offense. In this part, each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-79-303
- Byproduct material: means :
(a)any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in, or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to, the process of producing or using special nuclear material; and
(b)the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source material content. See Montana Code 50-79-103
- Knowingly: means only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See Montana Code 1-1-204
- Large quantity radioactive material: means highway route controlled quantity as defined in 49 C. See Montana Code 50-79-103
- person: means any individual, group, firm, partnership, corporation, cooperative, association, government subdivision, government agency, local government, or other organization or entity. See Montana Code 50-79-301
- Special nuclear material: means plutonium, uranium 233, uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, and any other material that the department or the United States nuclear regulatory commission or any successor declares by order to be special nuclear material or any material artificially enriched by any of the foregoing but does not include source material. See Montana Code 50-79-103