Sec. 3. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally pays, or offers or agrees to pay, money or other property to another person:
(1) for having engaged in, or on the understanding that the other person will engage in, sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-221.5) with the person or with any other person; or
(2) for having fondled, or on the understanding that the other person will fondle, the genitals of the person or any other person;
commits making an unlawful proposition, a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Level 6 felony if the person has two (2) prior convictions under this section.
(b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the:
(1) victim consented to engage in prostitution; or
(2) intended victim of the offense is a law enforcement officer.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.5. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.78; Acts 1979, P.L.301, SEC.2; P.L.310-1983, SEC.4; P.L.158-2013, SEC.527; P.L.48-2017, SEC.2; P.L.144-2018, SEC.31; P.L.215-2018(ss), SEC.17.
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