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COMMERICAL SEXUAL SOLICITATION
167.008 Commercial Sexual Solicitation (formerly Patronizing a prostitute) (1) A person commits the crime of patronizing a prostitute commercial sexual solicitation if the person pays, or offers or agrees to pay, a fee to engage in sexual conduct or sexual contact.
- Patronizing a prostitute]Commercial sexual solicitation is a Class A misdemeanor.
- 12.117. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 12.110, 12.115 or 12.160, an action based on conduct that constitutes child abuse or conduct knowingly allowing, permitting or encouraging child abuse that oc- curs while the person is under 18 years of age must be commenced before the person attains 40 years of age, or if the person has not discovered the causal connection between the injury and the child abuse, nor in the exercise of reasonable care should have discovered the causal connection between the injury and the child abuse, not more than five years from the date the person discovers or in the exercise of reasonable care should have discovered the causal connection between the child abuse and the injury, whichever period is longer.
(2) As used in subsection (1) of this section, “child abuse” means any of the following:
(a) Intentional conduct by an adult that results in:
(A) Any physical injury to a child; or
(B) Any mental injury to a child which results in observable and substantial impairment of the child’s mental or psychological ability to function caused by cruelty to the child, with due regard to the culture of the child;
(b) Rape of a child, which includes but is not limited to rape, sodomy, unlawful sexual penetration and incest, as those acts are defined in ORS chapter 163;
(c) Sexual abuse, as defined in ORS chapter 163, when the victim is a child; or
(d) Sexual exploitation of a child, including but not limited to:
(A) Conduct constituting violation of ORS 163.435 and any other conduct which allows, employs, authorizes, permits, induces or encourages a child to engage in the performing for people to observe or the photographing, filming, tape recording or other exhibition which, in whole or in part, depicts sexual conduct or contact; and
(B) Allowing, permitting, encouraging or hiring a child to engage in prostitution or[to patronize a prostitute commercial sexual solicitation, as defined in ORS chapter 167.
(3) Nothing in this section creates a new cause of action or enlarges any existing cause of action.
167.007 Prostitution. (1) A person commits the crime of prostitution if the person engages in, or offers or agrees to engage in, sexual conduct or sexual contact in return for a fee.
(2) Prostitution is a Class A misdemeanor.
167.002 Definitions for ORS 167.002 to 167.027. As used in ORS 167.002 to 167.027, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Place of prostitution” means any place where prostitution is practiced.
(2) “Prostitute” means a male or female person who engages in sexual conduct or sexual contact for a fee.
(3) “Prostitution enterprise” means an arrangement whereby two or more prostitutes are organized to conduct prostitution activities.
(4) “Sexual conduct” means sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse.
(5) “Sexual contact” means any touching of the sexual organs or other intimate parts of a person not married to the actor for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of either party.