(1) Any person who does any of the following for money or other thing of value commits pandering:
(a) Inducing a person by menacing or criminal intimidation to commit
prostitution; or
(b) Knowingly arranging or offering to arrange a situation in which a person
may practice prostitution.
(2) (a) Pandering under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section is a
class 5 felony. A person who is convicted of pandering under paragraph (a) of
subsection (1) of this section shall be required to pay a fine of not less than five
thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars in addition to any penalty
imposed by the court pursuant to section 18-1.3-401, 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, C.R.S.
(b) Pandering pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section is a class 2
misdemeanor. A person who is convicted of pandering shall be required to pay a
fine of not less than five thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars in
addition to any penalty imposed by the court pursuant to section 18-1.3-501, 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.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 452, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-7-203. L. 73: p. 535, § 3. L. 2011: (2) amended, (SB 11-085), ch. 257, p. 1128, § 4, effective August 10. L. 2021: (2)(b) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3193, § 266, effective 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.
