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Current as of December 30, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) This amendment shall apply only to the portions of Jefferson County outside the corporate limits of a municipality.
(b) For the purpose of this constitutional amendment, the term “prostitution” shall mean the commission by a person of any natural or unnatural sexual act, deviate sexual intercourse, or sexual contact for monetary consideration or other thing of value.
(c) No person in the portion of the county outside the corporate limits of a city shall commit an act of prostitution as defined in subsection (b).
(d) No person shall solicit, compel, or coerce any person to have sexual intercourse or participate in any natural or unnatural sexual act, deviate sexual intercourse, or sexual contact for monetary consideration or other thing of value.
(e) No person shall agree to engage in sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, or sexual contact with another or participate in the act for monetary consideration or other thing of value and give or accept monetary consideration or other thing of value in furtherance of the agreement.
(f) No person shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1) Cause or aid a person to commit or engage in prostitution.
(2) Procure or solicit patrons for prostitution.
(3) Provide persons or premises for prostitution purposes.
(4) Receive or accept money or other thing of value pursuant to a prior agreement with any person whereby he or she participates or is to participate in the proceeds of any prostitution activity.
(5) Operate or assist in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any bellhop, elevator operator, desk clerk, servant, or employee of a hotel, motel, inn, boardinghouse, apartment house, or any lodging place of like kind for the purpose of or in furtherance of unlawful sexual misconduct or prostitution to:
(1) Conduct any person to the room of any guest or occupant of the place.
(2) Carry any note or message to or from a person, a guest, or occupant of the place.
(h) It shall be unlawful for the owner or manager of any hotel, motel, inn, boardinghouse, apartment house, or any lodging place or like kind to employ a person who has been convicted of aiding or abetting prostitution.
(i) Each violation is a Class A misdemeanor.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Alabama Constitution of 1901 Local Amendments Jefferson County § 11 - last updated December 30, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/al/alabama-constitution-of-1901/al-const-jefferson-county-sect-11/
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