460.50 - Enterprise corruption; prosecution.

§ 460.50 Enterprise corruption; prosecution.    1.  Subject  to  the  provisions  of section 460.60 of this article, a  charge of enterprise corruption may be prosecuted by: (a)  the  district  attorney  of  any  county with jurisdiction over the offense pursuant to  section 460.40 of this article;  (b)  the  deputy  attorney  general  in  charge  of  the  statewide organized crime task force when authorized by  subdivision seven of section seventy-a of the executive law; or (c)  the  attorney  general  when  he  is otherwise authorized by law to prosecute  each of the criminal  acts  specifically  included  in  the  pattern  of  criminal activity alleged in the enterprise corruption charge.    2. For purposes of paragraph (c) of subdivision one of this section, a  criminal  act  or  an  offense  is specifically included in a pattern of  criminal activity when the count of the accusatory instrument charging a  person with enterprise corruption alleges a pattern of criminal activity  and the act is alleged to be  a  criminal  act  within  the  pattern  of  criminal activity.