(1) Every escort bureau shall refer all prospective escorts or escort bureau runners to the local licensing authority for licensing. Upon termination of employment of any escort or escort bureau runner with an escort bureau, the escort bureau shall notify the local licensing authority of such termination within five days.
The escort bureau shall provide to each escort patron a written contract for services.The contract shall clearly state the name and address of the escort and customer, the type of services to be performed, the length of time such services shall be performed, the total amount of money such services will cost the escort patron, and any special terms or conditions relating to the services to be performed. The contract shall include a statement in clear and concise language that prostitution is illegal in this state and that both parties to an act of prostitution may be punished by both fine and imprisonment and that no act of prostitution shall be performed in relation to the services for which contracted. Each contract shall be numbered and utilized in numerical sequence by the escort bureau. The contract shall be signed by the escort patron and a copy furnished to him or her. The escort bureau shall also retain copies of all such contracts, and one copy of each such contract executed in any calendar month shall be transmitted by the escort bureau to the local licensing authority no later than ten days after the last day of such month. The local licensing authority shall treat such contracts transmitted to them as open public records.
Each escort bureau shall provide to each employee of the escort bureau a writtennotice that includes:
A statement that human trafficking is prohibited in this state by the provisions ofsections 18-3-503 and 18-3-504; and
The name, telephone number, and internet website address of a local, statewide, ornational organization that provides assistance to victims of human trafficking and slavery.
Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-228), ch. 246, p. 1037, § 2, effective August 9.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-25.5-112 as it existed prior to 2017.