STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 53rd Legislature (2012)

HOUSE BILL 2298	By:	Cooksey and Denney

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending 21 O.S. 2011, Section 1029, which relates to engaging in prostitution; providing presumption for certain persons charged with prostitution crimes; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     21 O.S. 2011, Section 1029, is amended to read as follows:
Section 1029.  A.  It shall further be unlawful:
1.  To engage in prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;
2.  To solicit, induce, entice, or procure another to commit an act of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, with himself or herself;
3.  To reside in, enter, or remain in any house, place, building, or other structure, or to enter or remain in any vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance with the intent of committing an act of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; or
4.  To aid, abet, or participate in the doing of any of the acts  prohibited in paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of this subsection.
B.  Any prohibited act described in paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 4 of subsection A of this section committed with a person under sixteen (16) years of age shall be deemed child prostitution, as defined in Section 1030 of this title, and shall be punishable as provided in Section 1031 of this title.
C.  In any prosecution of a person sixteen (16) years or seventeen (17) years of age for an offense described in subsection A of this section, there shall be a presumption that the actor was coerced into committing such offense by another person in violation of the human trafficking provisions set forth in Section 748 of this title.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2012.

53-2-8097	GRS	01/06/12