1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; modifying the definition of sex trafficking and defining 
1.3 	commercial sex act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.321, by 
1.4 	adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 609.321, 
1.5 	subdivision 7a.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 609.321, subdivision 7a, 
1.8 	is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 7a.Sex trafficking. "Sex trafficking" means:
1.10 	(1) receiving, recruiting, enticing, harboring, providing, or obtaining by any means 
1.11 	an individual to aid in the prostitution of the individual engage in a commercial sex act; or
1.12 	(2) receiving profit or anything of value, knowing or having reason to know it is 
1.13 	derived from an act described in clause (1);
1.14 	(3) inducing an individual through the use of force, fraud, or coercion to engage in 
1.15 	a commercial sex act; or
1.16 	(4) inducing an individual who is under the age of 18 to engage in a commercial 
1.17 	sex act.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2010, and applies to crimes 
1.19 	committed on or after that date.

1.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.321, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.21 	to read:
1.22 		Subd. 15.Commercial sex act. A "commercial sex act" means a sex act on account 
1.23 	of which anything of value is given or received by any person.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2010, and applies to crimes 
2.2 	committed on or after that date.