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Originally Posted by Billogoods
I read it and all I saw was the owner/operator of a massage establishment commits an offense, if they knowingly allow the allege activity to continue to occur, after receiving written notice from LE that the alleged activity has occured in the massage establishment.
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The bill clearly states that agreeing to pay a fee in exchange for “the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct with that person” is a state jail felony,
SECTION 29. Sections 43.02(b) and (c-1), Penal Code, are
transferred to Section 43.021, Penal Code, as added by this Act,
redesignated as Sections 43.021(a) and (b), Penal Code,
respectively, and amended to read as follows:
(a) [(b)] A person commits an offense if the person
knowingly offers or agrees to pay a fee to another person for the
purpose of engaging in sexual conduct with that person or another.
(b) [(c-1)] An offense under Subsection (a) [(b)] is a state
jail felony [Class A misdemeanor], except that the offense is:
(1) a [state jail] felony of the third degree if the
actor has previously been convicted of an offense under Subsection
(a) or under Section 43.02(b), as that law existed before September
1, 2021 [(b)]; or
(2) a felony of the second degree if the person with
whom the actor agrees to engage in sexual conduct is:
(A) younger than 18 years of age, regardless of
whether the actor knows the age of the person at the time of the
offense;
(B) represented to the actor as being younger
than 18 years of age; or
(C) believed by the actor to be younger than 18
years of age.