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N.Y. Penal Law § 230.08: Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title M. Offenses Against Public Health and Morals
  4. Article 230. Prostitution Offenses

§ 230.08 Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone.

1. A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in a

school zone when, being twenty-one years old or more, he or she

patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less

than eighteen years old at a place that he or she knows, or reasonably

should know, is in a school zone.

2. For purposes of this section, "school zone" shall mean "school

zone" as defined in subdivision two of section 230.03 of this article.

Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone is a class E

felony.

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