(a) (1) No person shall solicit another who is eighteen (18) years of age or older to engage with the other person in sexual activity for hire.
(2) No person shall solicit another to engage with such other person in sexual activity for hire if the other person is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age and the offender knows that the other person is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age or is reckless in that regard.
(b) (1) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of soliciting. A violation of division (a)(1) of this section is a misdemeanor of the third degree. A violation of division (a)(2) or (a)(3) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(2) If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (a) of this section or an attempt to commit a violation of division (a) of this section and if the person, in committing or attempting to commit the violation, was in, was on, or used a motor vehicle, the court, in addition to or independent of all other penalties imposed for the violation, may impose upon the offender a class six suspension of the person's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in ORC 4510.02(A)(6). In lieu of imposing upon the offender the class six suspension, the court instead may require the offender to perform community service for a number of hours determined by the court.