1. It is unlawful to: (a) Offer or agree to engage in or engage in lewd or dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view; (b) Offer or agree to engage in, engage in or aid and abet any act of prostitution; (c) Be a pimp, panderer or procurer or live in or about houses of prostitution; (d) Seek admission to a house upon frivolous pretexts for no other apparent motive than to see who may be therein, or to gain an insight of the premises; (e) Keep a place where lost or stolen property is concealed; (f) Loiter in or about any toilet open to the public for the purpose of engaging in or soliciting any lewd or lascivious or any unlawful act; or (g) Lodge in any building, structure or place, whether public or private: (1) Where a notice of default and election to sell has been recorded, unless the person is the owner, tenant or entitled to the possession or control thereof; (2) Which has been placed on a registry of vacant, abandoned or foreclosed property by a local government, unless the person is the owner, tenant or entitled to the possession or control thereof; or (3) Without the permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession or in control thereof. 2. A person who violates a provision of subsection 1 shall be punished: (a) For the first violation of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 and for each subsequent violation of the same paragraph occurring more than 3 years after the first violation, for a misdemeanor. (b) For the second violation of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 within 3 years after the first violation of the same paragraph, by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months and by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000. (c) For the third or subsequent violation of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 within 3 years after the first violation of the same paragraph, by imprisonment in the county jail for 6 months and by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000. (d) For a violation of any provision of paragraphs (d) to (g), inclusive, of subsection 1, for a misdemeanor. 3. The terms of imprisonment prescribed by subsection 2 must be imposed to run consecutively. 4. A local government may enact an ordinance which regulates the time, place or manner in which a person or group of persons may beg or solicit alms in a public place or place open to the public.
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