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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Penal Code § 43.04: AGGRAVATED PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION.

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  1. PENAL CODE
  2. TITLE 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY
  3. CHAPTER 43. PUBLIC INDECENCY
  4. SUBCHAPTER A. PROSTITUTION

(a) A person commits an offense if he knowingly owns, invests in, finances, controls, supervises, or manages a prostitution enterprise that uses two or more prostitutes.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1252 (H.B. 8), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2013.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 685 (H.B. 29), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1038 (H.B. 1808), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 273 (S.B. 1802), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.

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