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Tex. Penal Code § 43.031 — Online promotion of prostitution

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 43: PUBLIC INDECENCY, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 43.031

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Penal Code § 43.031Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits an offense if the person owns, manages, or operates an interactive computer service or information content provider, or operates as an information content provider, with the intent to promote the prostitution of another person or facilitate another person to engage in prostitution or solicitation of prostitution. (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree if the actor: (1) has been previously convicted of an offense under this section or Section 43.041 ; or (2) engages in conduct described by Subsection (a) involving a person younger than 18 years of age engaging in prostitution, regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the person at the time of the offense.

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