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[Taekendo]

What part of NJ would Old Bridge be? North Jersey or would that be by the shore? I'm planning on visiting a few friends in the area and was curious as to where I should read for some background.

[Barthomer2005]

The new tax bill signed by the Guv has a provision to make massage parlors sales taxable.

So now they can shut them down for not paying sales tax, identify them when they file a return, and stop you on your way out to see if you paid your sales tax.

Save those receipts! You can deduct sales tax on your personal tax return if it exceeds your income tax itemized deductions. If you monger enough, you might get the deduction.

[Soaring Eagle]

Many thanks for both Wooly and Dem Gomes for the critical information. Dem Gomes, I really appreciate you posting the whole legal statement.

Soaring Eagle

[Wooly]

http://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=37208069&Depth=4&TD=WRAP&advquery=prostitution&headingswithhits=on&infobase=statutes.nfo&rank=&record={C9B}&softpage=Doc_Frame_Pg42&wordsaroundhits=2&x=34&y=12&zz=


b.A person commits an offense if:

(1)The actor engages in prostitution;

(2)The actor promotes prostitution;

(3)The actor knowingly promotes prostitution of a child under 18 whether or not the actor mistakenly believed that the child was 18 years of age or older, even if such mistaken belief was reasonable;

(4)The actor knowingly promotes prostitution of the actor's child, ward, or any other person for whose care the actor is responsible;

(5)The actor compels another to engage in or promote prostitution;

(6)The actor promotes prostitution of the actor's spouse; or

(7)The actor knowingly engages in prostitution with a person under the age of 18, or if the actor enters into or remains in a house of prostitution for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a child under the age of 18, or if the actor solicits or requests a child under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity. It shall be no defense to a prosecution under this paragraph that the actor mistakenly believed that the child was 18 years of age or older, even if such mistaken belief was reasonable.

[Dem Gnomes]

The NJ state legal database is accurate, but not very user-friendly.

The number in curly-brackets {16C0} is some kind of page or paragraph identifier, and is in hexadecimal: 789ABCEF01234, etc. I found it by moving forward by 100's then 10's then finally using the next/previous page arrows.

http://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=37205262&Depth=2&depth=2&expandheadings=on&headingswithhits=on&hitsperheading=on&infobase=statutes.nfo&record={16C0}&softpage=Doc_Frame_PG42

The statute reads, if I have this correctly:

2C:34-1. Prostitution and Related Offenses.

a.As used in this section:

(1)"Prostitution" is sexual activity with another person in exchange for something of economic value, or the offer or acceptance of an offer to engage in sexual activity in exchange for something of economic value.

(2)"Sexual activity" includes, but is not limited to, sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, and oral-anal contact, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex; masturbation; touching of the genitals, buttocks, or female breasts; sadistic or masochistic abuse and other deviate sexual relations.

(3)"House of prostitution" is any place where prostitution or promotion of prostitution is regularly carried on by one person under the control, management or supervision of another.

(4)"Promoting prostitution" is:

(a)Owning, controlling, managing, supervising or otherwise keeping, alone or in association with another, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business;

(b)Procuring an inmate for a house of prostitution or place in a house of prostitution for one who would be an inmate;

(c)Encouraging, inducing, or otherwise purposely causing another to become or remain a prostitute;

(d)Soliciting a person to patronize a prostitute;

(e)Procuring a prostitute for a patron;

(f)Transporting a person into or within this State with purpose to promote that person's engaging in prostitution, or procuring or paying for transportation with that purpose; or

(g)Knowingly leasing or otherwise permitting a place controlled by the actor, alone or in association with others, to be regularly used for prostitution or promotion of prostitution, or failure to make a reasonable effort to abate such use by ejecting the tenant, notifying law enforcement authorities, or other legally available means.

b.A person commits an offense if:

(1)The actor engages in prostitution;

(2)The actor promotes prostitution;

(3)The actor knowingly promotes prostitution of a child under 18 whether or not the actor mistakenly believed that the child was 18 years of age or older, even if such mistaken belief was reasonable;

(4)The actor knowingly promotes prostitution of the actor's child, ward, or any other person for whose care the actor is responsible;

(5)The actor compels another to engage in or promote prostitution;

(6)The actor promotes prostitution of the actor's spouse; or

(7)The actor knowingly engages in prostitution with a person under the age of 18, or if the actor enters into or remains in a house of prostitution for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a child under the age of 18, or if the actor solicits or requests a child under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity. It shall be no defense to a prosecution under this paragraph that the actor mistakenly believed that the child was 18 years of age or older, even if such mistaken belief was reasonable.

c.Grading of offenses under subsection b.

(1)An offense under subsection b. constitutes a crime of the second degree if the offense falls within paragraph (3) or (4) of that subsection.

(2)An offense under subsection b. constitutes a crime of the third degree if the offense falls within paragraph (5), (6) or (7) of that subsection.

(3)An offense under paragraph (2) of subsection b. constitutes a crime of the third degree if the conduct falls within subparagraph (a), (b), or (c) of paragraph (4) of subsection a. Otherwise the offense is a crime of the fourth degree.

(4)An offense under subsection b. constitutes a disorderly persons offense if the offense falls within paragraph (1) of that subsection except that a second or subsequent conviction for such an offense constitutes a crime of the fourth degree. In addition, where a motor vehicle was used in the commission of any offense under paragraph (1) of subsection b. the court shall suspend for six months the driving privilege of any such offender who has a valid driver's license issued by this State. Upon conviction, the court shall immediately collect the offender's driver's license and shall forward it, along with a report stating the first and last day of the suspension imposed pursuant to this paragraph, to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.

Hope this helps,

Dem Legal Gnomes

[Soaring Eagle]

Folks,

Can any of you refer me to a Web Page URL that permits me to access all current statures on the books in the state of New Jersey.

Specifically, Can anyone refer me to a web page URL that has the complet text of the following New Jersey State Stature:

N.J.S. 2C:34-1B (2)

Thanks ina dvance for your assistance.

[Admin]

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