(a) A person commits the offense of sexual solicitation of a minor if he or she:(1) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor to engage in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor;(2) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor;(3) Solicits, offers, or agrees to accept a fee or a thing of value from another person for the purpose of allowing the other person to engage in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor; or(4) Pays a fee or provides a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor or another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor.
(1) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor to engage in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor;
(2) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor;
(3) Solicits, offers, or agrees to accept a fee or a thing of value from another person for the purpose of allowing the other person to engage in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor; or
(4) Pays a fee or provides a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor or another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that the actor in good faith reasonably believed that the minor was eighteen (18) years of age or older.
(c) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the minor consented to the sexual activity.
(d) Sexual solicitation of a minor is a Class B felony.
(e) (1) In addition to any other sentence authorized by this section, a person who violates this section by offering to pay, agreeing to pay, or paying a fee to engage in sexual activity upon conviction shall be ordered to pay a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).(2) Fine payments received under subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall be deposited into the Arkansas Human Trafficking Council Support Fund.
(1) In addition to any other sentence authorized by this section, a person who violates this section by offering to pay, agreeing to pay, or paying a fee to engage in sexual activity upon conviction shall be ordered to pay a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).
(2) Fine payments received under subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall be deposited into the Arkansas Human Trafficking Council Support Fund.
(f) A person who violates this section upon conviction shall be ordered to attend an education or treatment program for the prevention of sex offenses and rehabilitation of sex offenders approved by the Human Trafficking Operations Unit of the Division of Arkansas State Police.