46.3705 Promoting prostitution in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of promoting prostitution in the first degree if he knowingly:

(1) promotes prostitution by compelling a person to enter into, engage in, or remain in prostitution; or

(2) promotes prostitution of a person less than 16 years old.

(b) The term "compelling" includes:

(1) the use of forcible compulsion;

(2) the use of a drug or intoxicating substance to render a person incapable of controlling his conduct or appreciating its nature; or

(3) withholding or threatening to withhold dangerous drugs or a narcotic from a drug dependent person.

(c) Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony.