Section 18-7-205 - Patronizing a prostitute(1) Any person who performs any of the following with a person not his spouse commits patronizing a prostitute:(a) Engages in an act of sexual intercourse or of deviate sexual conduct with a prostitute; or(b) Enters or remains in a place of prostitution with intent to engage in an act of sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct.(2) Patronizing a prostitute is a petty offense. A person who is convicted of patronizing a prostitute may be required to pay a fine of not more than five thousand dollars in addition to any penalty imposed by the court pursuant to section 18-1.3-401 or 18-1.3-503, which additional fine shall be transferred to the state treasurer, who shall transfer the same to the prostitution enforcement cash fund created in section 24-33.5-513.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§267, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 71: R&RE, p. 452, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-7-205. L. 2005: (2) amended, p. 1332, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2011: (2) amended, (SB 11-085), ch. 1129, p. 1129, § 5, effective August 10. Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
For the legislative declaration in the 2011 act amending subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 257, Session Laws of Colorado 2011.