§ 86-15. Solicitation for or practice of prostitution; penalty for violation of section.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person in the city to:

(1)

Offer to commit or to commit or to engage in prostitution;

(2)

Solicit, induce, entice, or procure another to commit prostitution;

(3)

Offer another or offer or agree to secure another for the purpose of prostitution;

(4)

Direct, take or transport or to offer or agree to take or transport any person to any place, structure or building or to any other place with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that the person of such directing, taking or transporting is engaged in prostitution;

(5)

Keep, set up, maintain or operate any place, structure, building or conveyance for the purpose of prostitution;

(6)

Receive or offer or agree to receive any person into any place, structure, building or conveyance for the purpose of prostitution, or to permit any person to remain there for such purpose;

(7)

Reside in, enter into or remain in any place, structure or building or to enter into or remain in any conveyance for the purpose of prostitution; or

(8)

Aid, abet or participate in the doing of any of the acts or things enumerated in this section.

(b)

Whoever attempts to commit an offense prohibited by this section and in such attempt does any act toward the commission of such offense, but fails in the perpetration or is intercepted or prevented in the execution of the same, commits the offense of criminal attempt and shall be punished as provided in subsection (c) of this section.

(c)

Any person who shall be found guilty of violating any provision of this section shall be sentenced to, on first conviction, not less than 90 days in jail and the payment of a fine of $200.00; upon the second conviction, not less than 150 days in jail and the payment of a fine of $200.00; and upon the third and subsequent conviction, the maximum penalty of six months in jail and the payment of a fine of $200.00.

(d)

Any time an individual pleads guilty to or is convicted of the offenses set out in this section, the municipal court administrator, or his designated representative, shall present to the municipal court judge and the city prosecutor, or his designated representative, a record of that defendant concerning the preceding two years, if any such record exists. The city prosecutor shall then immediately initiate proceedings to petition for the revocation of such suspension.

(Code 1971, § 18-25; Ord. of 12-27-94)

State law reference

Similar provisions, MCA 1972, §§ 97-29-49—97-49-53.

Cross reference

Massage parlors generally, § 30-101 et seq.