{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-43.04","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 43.04","heading":"AGGRAVATED PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION.","body":"(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.\n(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.\nActs 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.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1252 (H.B. 8), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 685 (H.B. 29), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1038 (H.B. 1808), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 273 (S.B. 1802), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY","CHAPTER 43. PUBLIC INDECENCY","SUBCHAPTER A. PROSTITUTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.43.htm#43.04","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"24cd8f4ff42094ceff7c09476f7d611af07bee2bca326e1b542f949533181559","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-43.032","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-43.041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}