21-4401. Racketeering. - Kansas Statutes

21-4401

Chapter 21.--CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS PART II.--PROHIBITED CONDUCT Article 44.--CRIMES AFFECTING BUSINESS

      21-4401.   Racketeering.(a) Racketeering is demanding, soliciting or receiving anything ofvaluefrom the owner, proprietor, or other person having a financial interest ina business, by means of either a threat, express or implied, or a promise,express or implied, that the person so demanding, soliciting or receivingsuch thing of value will:

      (1)   Cause the competition of the person from whom the payment isdemanded, solicited or received to be diminished or eliminated;

      (2)   Cause the price of goods or services purchased or sold inthebusiness to be increased, decreased or maintained at a stated level; or

      (3)   Protect the property used in the business or the person orfamily ofthe owner, proprietor or other interested person from injury by violence orother unlawful means.

      (b)   Racketeering is a severity level 7,nonperson felony.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-4401;L. 1992, ch. 239, § 223;L. 1993, ch. 291, § 171; July 1.