Section 18-5614 - [Effective 7/1/2024] SOLICITING COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY(1) A person is guilty of soliciting commercial sexual activity when he or she: (a) Pays , offers, or agrees to pay another person a fee for the purpose of engaging in sexual contact; or(b) Offers a third person to engage in, or agrees to provide a third person to engage in, sexual contact in return for a fee.(2) Soliciting commercial sexual activity shall be a misdemeanor, provided that a second or subsequent conviction therefor shall be a felony. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor violation of this section shall be sentenced to a minimum period of confinement of five (5) days in jail and may be sentenced to up to one (1) year in jail or fined up to two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both. The minimum period of confinement shall be served in a county jail, and a court shall not have the power to suspend, withhold, retain jurisdiction over, or commute the minimum period of confinement imposed pursuant to this section.[18-5614, added 1977, ch. 175, sec. 3, p. 451; am. 1994, ch. 130, sec. 13, p. 295.]Amended by 2024 Session Laws, ch. 147,sec. 17, eff. 7/1/2024.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.