Sec. 53a-83b. Commercial sexual abuse of a minor: Class B felony.
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(a)A person is guilty of commercial sexual abuse of a minor when:
(1)Such person exchanges anything of value with a minor or third person as compensation for a minor having engaged in sexual conduct with such person;
(2)such person exchanges or agrees to exchange anything of value with a minor or a third person pursuant to an understanding that in return the minor will engage in sexual conduct with such person; or
(3)such person solicits or requests to engage in sexual conduct with a minor, or any other person that such person reasonably believes to be a minor, in return for anything of value.
(b)Except as provided in subsection
(c)of this section, commercial sexual abuse of a minor is a class B felony.
(c)Commercial sexual abuse of a minor is a class A felony if the minor has not attained fifteen years of age.
(d)For purposes of this section, “minor” means a person who has not attained eighteen years of age.