1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; modifying the definition of sex trafficking; defining 
1.3 	commercial sex act;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.321, 
1.4 	subdivision 7a, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.321, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 15.Commercial sex act. "Commercial sex act" means a sex act on account 
1.9 	of which anything of value is given or received by any person.

1.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2011, and applies to crimes 
1.11 	committed on or after that date.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.321, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 7a.Sex trafficking. "Sex trafficking" means:
1.14 	(1) receiving, recruiting, enticing, harboring, providing, or obtaining by any means 
1.15 	an individual to ~~aid in the prostitution of the individual~~ engage in a commercial sex act; or
1.16 	(2) receiving profit or anything of value, knowing or having reason to know it is 
1.17 	derived from an act described in clause (1).

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2011, and applies to crimes 
1.19 	committed on or after that date.