N.Y. Penal Law § 460.25: Enterprise corruption; limitations

§ 460.25 Enterprise corruption; limitations.

1. For purposes of subdivision one of section 460.20 of this article,

a person does not acquire or maintain an interest in an enterprise by

participating in a pattern of criminal activity when he invests proceeds

derived from a pattern of criminal activity in such enterprise.

2. For purposes of subdivision one of section 460.20 of this article,

it shall not be unlawful to:

(a) purchase securities on the open market with intent to make an

investment, and without the intent of controlling or participating in

the control of the issuer, or of assisting another to do so, if the

securities of the issuer held by the purchaser, the members of his

immediate family, and his or their accomplices in any pattern of

criminal activity do not amount in the aggregate to five percent of the

outstanding securities of any one class and do not confer, either in the

law or in fact, the power to elect one or more directors of the issuer;

(b) make a deposit in an account maintained in a savings and loan

association, or a deposit in any other such financial institution, that

creates an ownership interest in that association or institution;

(c) purchase shares in co-operatively owned residential or commercial

property;

(d) purchase non-voting shares in a limited partnership, with intent

to make an investment, and without the intent of controlling or

participating in the control of the partnership.