(7) Receive any person for purposes of lewdness, assignation or prostitution into any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building; (8) Permit any person to remain for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution in any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building; (9) Direct, take or transport, offer or agree to take or transport or aid or assist in transporting any person to any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building or to any other person with knowledge or having reasonable cause to believe that the purpose of such directing, taking or transporting is prostitution, lewdness or assignation; (10) Lease or rent or contract to lease or rent any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building or part thereof believing or having reasonable cause to believe that it is intended to be used for any of the purposes herein prohibited; or (11) Aid, abet, or participate knowingly in the doing of any of the acts herein prohibited. (B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction: (1) for a first offense, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both; (2) for a second offense, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; (3) for a third or subsequent offense, must be fined not more than three thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (C) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section that, during the commission of the offense, the defendant was a victim of trafficking in persons as defined by Section 16-3-2010(10).” SECTION 2. Section 16-15-100 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: 16-15-100. (A) It shall further be unlawful to: “Section (1) procure or solicit for the purpose of prostitution; (1)(2) Procure procure a female person to be an inmate for a house of prostitution; (2)(3) Cause cause, induce, persuade, or encourage by promise, threat, violence, or by any scheme or device a female person to become a prostitute or to remain an inmate of a house of prostitution;
(7) Receive any person for purposes of lewdness, assignation or prostitution into any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building; (8) Permit any person to remain for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution in any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building; (9) Direct, take or transport, offer or agree to take or transport or aid or assist in transporting any person to any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building or to any other person with knowledge or having reasonable cause to believe that the purpose of such directing, taking or transporting is prostitution, lewdness or assignation; (10) Lease or rent or contract to lease or rent any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building or part thereof believing or having reasonable cause to believe that it is intended to be used for any of the purposes herein prohibited; or (11) Aid, abet, or participate knowingly in the doing of any of the acts herein prohibited. (B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction: (1) for a first offense, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both; (2) for a second offense, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; (3) for a third or subsequent offense, must be fined not more than three thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (C) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section that, during the commission of the offense, the defendant was a victim of trafficking in persons as defined by Section 16-3-2010(10).” SECTION 2. Section 16-15-100 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 16-15-100. (A) It shall further be unlawful to: (1) procure or solicit for the purpose of prostitution; (1)(2) Procure procure a female person to be an inmate for a house of prostitution; (2)(3) Cause cause, induce, persuade, or encourage by promise, threat, violence, or by any scheme or device a female person to become a prostitute or to remain an inmate of a house of prostitution;
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