PENNSYLVANIA, March 18 - (3) Misdemeanor of the first degree when the offense is

a fourth or subsequent offense.

(4) Felony of the third degree if the person who

committed the offense knew that he or she was human

immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive or manifesting acquired

immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

(b) Promoting prostitution.--A person who knowingly promotes

prostitution of another commits a misdemeanor or felony as

provided in subsection (c) of this section. The following acts

shall, without limitation of the foregoing, constitute promoting

prostitution:

(1) owning, controlling, managing, supervising or

otherwise keeping, alone or in association with others, a

house of prostitution or a prostitution business;

(2) procuring an inmate for a house of prostitution or a

place in a house of prostitution for one who would be an

inmate;

(3) encouraging, inducing, or otherwise intentionally

causing another to become or remain a prostitute;

(4) soliciting a person to patronize a prostitute;

(5) procuring a prostitute for a patron;

(6) transporting a person into or within this

Commonwealth with intent to promote the engaging in

prostitution by that person, or procuring or paying for

transportation with that intent;

(7) leasing or otherwise permitting a place controlled

by the actor, alone or in association with others, to be

regularly used for prostitution or the promotion of

prostitution, or failure to make reasonable effort to abate

such use by ejecting the tenant, notifying law enforcement

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