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    Does anyone know a site that tells specific counties' laws about lapdancing and any types of fines if one breaks those laws?

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    lol thanks. where on this site can you find that specific info?

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    Oh my lord! Trying to find the answer to that!!

    What got me closer to the answer was google-ing along the lines of

    "*my state* current striptease legislation" and "*my state* current striptease liquor licencing legislation" ect ect ect.

    I NEVER found it all in black and white but different things stated here and there and I could kind of piece it together... Not really though - it's like it's top secret fucking classified information or something!

    It's all to do with hitting on the wording they used ('striptease artist'!! Ugh that had me stumped for about an hour!) And then figuring out which governmental dept. takes care of which aspect of it, in particular, you are looking for...

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    thanks for the info, miaowren! for some reason the possibility of a raid in baltimore has been bothering me lately.

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    Oooh, could we have a special section for that, maybe under club reviews? When you select the state there could be a sticky listing state stripping laws. I'm sure that everyone who's clear on the laws in their state would pitch in.

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    I work in a city in Michigan where a license is required. I'm a nurse, and background checks are necessary in a lot of healthcare settings. So, of course, dance laws are a concern for me.

    I researched on the internet and found little information about dance laws. So, when I went to the police station to get my clearance/fingerprints I asked an officer about the specific law. I told my situation, and soon there were three officers who gathered. They really didn't know what to tell me! One brought up prostitution. Another said there's a no contact law. I acted shocked. They all three decided that the manager at the club should be able to give me information!!! I was absolutely floored walking out of there!

    I read on internet news not long after that that the Landing Strip, a club in the same city I work, was raided. They required breathilizers to see if any of the dancers were drinking. Little did I know that we aren't allowed to consume alcohol while working! I don't drink much, but I certainly do pace myself with a glass of wine every few hours or so during a shift. And, just a side note, regarding management, I was offered a free drink of choice when I auditioned to help me "relax". How nice.

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    Here's Texas Penal Code (my notes in red):

    PENAL CODE

    CHAPTER 43. PUBLIC INDECENCY

    SUBCHAPTER A. PROSTITUTION


    § 43.01. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
    (1) "Deviate sexual intercourse" means any contact
    between the genitals of one person and the mouth or anus of another
    person. i.e. Oral or anal sex. NOTE: This says "contact between the genitals and the mouth or anus", which would seem to cover things like kissing as well. So this would rule out if the guy's lips even brushed against your genitals, for example.
    (2) "Prostitution" means the offense defined in
    Section 43.02.
    (3) "Sexual contact" means any touching of the anus,
    breast, or any part of the genitals of another person with intent to
    arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person. This is the important part: touching of the anus, breast, or genitals. This does NOT say, however, that rubbing those parts through clothing is necessarily wrong, even though TABC officers do generally consider it a violation under this section. The problem with this section is that it is always the officer's perspective on what constitutes "sexual contact".
    (4) "Sexual conduct" includes deviate sexual
    intercourse, sexual contact, and sexual intercourse.
    (5) "Sexual intercourse" means any penetration of the
    female sex organ by the male sex organ.

    Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
    Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 373, ch. 168, § 2, eff. Aug.
    27, 1979; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,
    1994.


    § 43.02. PROSTITUTION. (a) A person commits an offense
    if he knowingly:
    (1) offers to engage, agrees to engage, or engages in
    sexual conduct for a fee; or Remember that "sexual conduct" includes sexual CONTACT, as above.
    (2) solicits another in a public place to engage with
    him in sexual conduct for hire.
    (b) An offense is established under Subsection (a)(1)
    whether the actor is to receive or pay a fee. An offense is
    established under Subsection (a)(2) whether the actor solicits a
    person to hire him or offers to hire the person solicited.
    (c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor,
    unless the actor has previously been convicted one or two times of
    an offense under this section, in which event it is a Class A
    misdemeanor. If the actor has previously been convicted three or
    more times of an offense under this section, the offense is a state
    jail felony.

    Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
    Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 757, ch. 286, § 1, eff. May
    27, 1977; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,
    1994; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 987, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.


    § 43.03. PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION. (a) A person
    commits an offense if, acting other than as a prostitute receiving
    compensation for personally rendered prostitution services, he or
    she knowingly:
    (1) receives money or other property pursuant to an
    agreement to participate in the proceeds of prostitution; or
    (2) solicits another to engage in sexual conduct with
    another person for compensation. This is one reason why clubs in Texas are NOT allowed to help dancers collect money if they've been stiffed. Because if the dancer does anything funny, the club employee could be found guilty under this clause.
    (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

    Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
    Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 758, ch. 287, § 1, eff. May
    27, 1977; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,
    1994.


    § 43.04. AGGRAVATED PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION. (a) A
    person commits an offense if he knowingly owns, invests in,
    finances, controls, supervises, or manages a prostitution
    enterprise that uses two or more prostitutes. In other words, clubs whose dancers are engaging in prostitution can be found guilty of a felony.
    (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
    degree.

    Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
    Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,
    1994.


    § 43.05. COMPELLING PROSTITUTION. (a) A person
    commits an offense if he knowingly:
    (1) causes another by force, threat, or fraud to
    commit prostitution; or
    (2) causes by any means a person younger than 17 years
    to commit prostitution.
    (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second
    degree.

    Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
    Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,
    1994.


    § 43.06. ACCOMPLICE WITNESS; TESTIMONY AND IMMUNITY.
    (a) A party to an offense under this subchapter may be required to
    furnish evidence or testify about the offense.
    (b) A party to an offense under this subchapter may not be
    prosecuted for any offense about which he is required to furnish
    evidence or testify, and the evidence and testimony may not be used
    against the party in any adjudicatory proceeding except a
    prosecution for aggravated perjury.
    (c) For purposes of this section, "adjudicatory proceeding"
    means a proceeding before a court or any other agency of government
    in which the legal rights, powers, duties, or privileges of
    specified parties are determined.
    (d) A conviction under this subchapter may be had upon the
    uncorroborated testimony of a party to the offense. PAY ATTENTION TO THIS! THIS IS IMPORTANT! Basically what this says is that if you give a lapdance to a guy and then HE (and only HE) goes to tell the cops that you pulled out his dick and gave him a blow job, he will automatically receive immunity and YOU can be convicted on his testimony ALONE!

    Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
    Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,
    1994.

    SUBCHAPTER B. OBSCENITY Most of our other laws fall under the obscenity category. "Simulated sexual conduct", etc...


    § 43.21. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this subchapter:
    (1) "Obscene" means material or a performance that:
    (A) the average person, applying contemporary
    community standards, would find that taken as a whole appeals to the
    prurient interest in sex;
    (B) depicts or describes:
    (i) patently offensive representations or
    descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual
    or simulated, including sexual intercourse, sodomy, and sexual
    bestiality; or
    (ii) patently offensive representations or
    descriptions of masturbation, excretory functions, sadism,
    masochism, lewd exhibition of the genitals, the male or female
    genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, covered male
    genitals in a discernibly turgid state or a device designed and
    marketed as useful primarily for stimulation of the human genital
    organs; and
    (C) taken as a whole, lacks serious literary,
    artistic, political, and scientific value.
    (2) "Material" means anything tangible that is capable
    of being used or adapted to arouse interest, whether through the
    medium of reading, observation, sound, or in any other manner, but
    does not include an actual three dimensional obscene device.
    (3) "Performance" means a play, motion picture, dance,
    or other exhibition performed before an audience.
    (4) "Patently offensive" means so offensive on its
    face as to affront current community standards of decency.
    (5) "Promote" means to manufacture, issue, sell, give,
    provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish,
    distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or
    advertise, or to offer or agree to do the same.
    (6) "Wholesale promote" means to manufacture, issue,
    sell, provide, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish,
    distribute, circulate, disseminate, or to offer or agree to do the
    same for purpose of resale.
    (7) "Obscene device" means a device including a dildo
    or artificial vagina, designed or marketed as useful primarily for
    the stimulation of human genital organs.
    (b) If any of the depictions or descriptions of sexual
    conduct described in this section are declared by a court of
    competent jurisdiction to be unlawfully included herein, this
    declaration shall not invalidate this section as to other patently
    offensive sexual conduct included herein.

    Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
    Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 372, ch. 163, § 1, eff. Sept.
    1, 1975; Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1974, ch. 778, § 1, eff. Sept.
    1, 1979; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,
    1994.

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    Wow, that's crazy! I've never worked in a state where there was so much legislation about prostitution. From what it sounds like, they could arrest someone doing the vagina monologues in your state.

    In Hawaii, its pretty simple:
    "The touching of sexual parts for money, even through clothing, is considered prostitution."
    This means that you can touch any guy anywhere but his dick or a**hole, and he can touch you anywhere but your tits, pussy, or a** (if you let him).
    The difficulty comes in that where your breasts and butt begin and end isn't clearly defined.

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