(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.
Tex. Penal Code § 43.04
AGGRAVATED PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case Chance v. State (1978)
Most recently applied in Schunior, Victor Manuel Jr. (November 2016)
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.