Section 11.66.130. Sex trafficking in the third degree.

   (a) A person commits the crime of sex trafficking in the third degree if, with intent to promote prostitution, the person
        (1) manages, supervises, controls, or owns, either alone or in association with others, a place of prostitution;
        (2) as other than a patron of a prostitute, induces or causes another person who is 20 years of age or older to engage in prostitution;
        (3) as other than a prostitute receiving compensation for personally rendered prostitution services, receives or agrees to receive money or other property under an agreement or understanding that the money or other property is derived from prostitution; or
        (4) engages in conduct that institutes, aids, or facilitates a prostitution enterprise.
   (b) A person does not act with the intent to promote prostitution under (a) of this section if the person
        (1) engages in prostitution in violation of AS 11.66.100(a) in a location even if that location is shared with another person; and
        (2) has not induced or caused another person in that location to engage in prostitution.
   (c) Sex trafficking in the third degree is a class C felony.

Authorities

11.66.100;11.66.135

Notes

Recent Bills that will modify this

HB 349 SEX TRAFFICKING
SB 91 OMNIBUS CRIM LAW & PROCEDURE; CORRECTIONS

References

7 AAC 10.905
AS 11.66.100 Prostitution.
AS 11.66.135 Sex trafficking in the fourth degree.

History

(Sec. 8 ch 166 SLA 1978; am Sec. 14 ch 24 SLA 2007; am Sec. 12 ch 1 TSSLA 2012; am Sec. 38, 39 ch 36 SLA 2016)