460.60 - Enterprise corruption; consent to prosecute.

§ 460.60 Enterprise corruption; consent to prosecute.    1. For purposes of this section, when a grand jury proceeding concerns  a  possible  charge  of  enterprise  corruption,  or  when an accusatory  instrument  includes  a  count  charging  a   person   with   enterprise  corruption,  the  affected district attorneys are the district attorneys  otherwise empowered to prosecute any of the underlying acts of  criminal  activity  in  a  county with jurisdiction over the offense of enterprise  corruption pursuant to section 460.40 of this article, in which:    (a) there  has  been  substantial  and  significant  activity  by  the  particular enterprise; or    (b) conduct occurred constituting a criminal act specifically included  in the pattern of criminal activity charged in the accusatory instrument  and not previously prosecuted; or    (c) the particular enterprise has its principal place of business.    2.  A grand jury proceeding concerning a possible charge of enterprise  corruption may be instituted only  with  the  consent  of  the  affected  district  attorneys.  Should  the  possibility  of such a charge develop  after a grand jury proceeding has been instituted, the  consent  of  the  affected district attorneys shall be sought as soon as is practical, and  an  indictment  charging  a person with enterprise corruption may not be  voted upon by the grand jury without such consent.    3. A person may be charged in an accusatory instrument with enterprise  corruption only with the consent of  the  affected  district  attorneys.  When  it  is  impractical to obtain the consent specified in subdivision  two of this section prior to the filing of  the  accusatory  instrument,  then that consent must be secured within twenty days thereafter.    4. When the prosecutor is the deputy attorney general in charge of the  statewide   organized   crime   task  force,  the  consent  required  by  subdivisions two and three of this section shall be in addition to  that  required by subdivision seven of section seventy-a of the executive law.    5.  Within  fifteen  days  after  the  arraignment of any person on an  indictment charging a person with the crime of enterprise corruption the  prosecutor shall provide a copy of  the  indictment  to  those  district  attorneys  whose  consent  was required pursuant to subdivision three of  this section, and shall notify the court and defendant of those district  attorneys whose consent the prosecutor has secured. The court shall then  review the indictment and the grand jury minutes,  notify  any  district  attorney whose consent under subdivision one of this section should have  been  but  was  not  obtained,  direct  that the prosecutor provide that  district attorney with the portion of  the  indictment  and  grand  jury  minutes  that  are  relevant  to  a  determination whether that district  attorney is an  "affected  district  attorney"  within  the  meaning  of  subdivision one of this section.    6.  The  failure  to  obtain  from  any  district attorney the consent  required by subdivision two or  three  of  this  section  shall  not  be  grounds  for  dismissal  of  the  accusatory instrument or for any other  relief upon motion of a defendant in the criminal action.    Upon  motion  of  a  district  attorney  whose  consent,  pursuant  to  subdivision three of this section, the court determines was required but  not obtained, the court may not dismiss the accusatory instrument or any  count  thereof  but  may  grant  any appropriate relief. Such relief may  include, but is not limited to:    (a) ordering that any money forfeited by a defendant in  the  criminal  action, or the proceeds from the sale of any other property forfeited in  the  criminal  action  by a defendant, which would have been paid to the  county of that district attorney pursuant to  section  thirteen  hundred  forty-nine of the civil practice law and rules had the forfeiture actionbeen  prosecuted  in  the  county  of that district attorney, be paid in  whole or in part to the county of that district attorney; or    (b)  upon  consent  of  the  defendant,  ordering  the transfer of the  prosecution, or any part thereof, to that district attorney  or  to  any  other  prosecutor  with  jurisdiction  over the prosecution, of the part  thereof to be transferred. However, prior to ordering  any  transfer  of  the prosecution, the court shall provide to those district attorneys who  have previously consented to the prosecution an opportunity to intervene  and be heard concerning such transfer.    7. A district attorney whose consent, pursuant to subdivision three of  this  section,  the  court  determines was required but not obtained may  seek the relief described in subdivision six of this section exclusively  by a pre-trial motion in the criminal action  based  on  the  indictment  charging  the crime of enterprise corruption. Such relief must be sought  within forty-five days of the receipt of notice from the court  pursuant  to subdivision five of this section.