Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 98A.001 · Chapter 98A. LIABILITY FOR COMPELLED PROSTITUTION AND CERTAIN PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Advertisement" means any communication that promotes a commercial product or service, including a communication on an Internet website operated for a commercial purpose.
(1-a) "Aggravated online promotion of prostitution" means conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 43.041, Penal Code.
(2) "Aggravated promotion of prostitution" means conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 43.04, Penal Code.
(3) "Compelled prostitution" means prostitution resulting from compelling prostitution.
(4) "Compelling prostitution" means conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 43.05, Penal Code.
(4-a) "Online promotion of prostitution" means conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 43.031, Penal Code.
(5) "Promotion of prostitution" means conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 43.03, Penal Code.
(6) "Prostitution" means conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 43.02, Penal Code.
(7) "Victim of compelled prostitution" and "victim" mean a person who commits prostitution as a result of another person's compelling prostitution.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 187 (S.B. 94), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 413 (S.B. 20), Sec. 3.03, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.98A.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.02PROSTITUTION.Printed as Section 43.02, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.03PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION.Printed as Section 43.03, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.031ONLINE PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION.Printed as Section 43.031, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.04AGGRAVATED PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION.Printed as Section 43.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.041AGGRAVATED ONLINE PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION.Printed as Section 43.041, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.05COMPELLING PROSTITUTION.Printed as Section 43.05, Penal Code
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