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35-45-17-1. "Panhandling"

IN Code § 35-45-17-1 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "panhandling" means to solicit an individual:

(1) on a street or in another public place; and

(2) by requesting an immediate donation of money or something else of value.

(b) The term includes soliciting an individual:

(1) by making an oral request;

(2) in exchange for:

(A) performing music;

(B) singing; or

(C) engaging in another type of performance; or

(3) by offering the individual an item of little or no monetary value in exchange for money or another gratuity under circumstances that would cause a reasonable individual to understand that the transaction is only a donation.

(c) The term does not include an act of passively standing, sitting, performing music, singing, or engaging in another type of performance:

(1) while displaying a sign or other indication that a donation is being sought; and

(2) without making an oral request other than in response to an inquiry by another person.

As added by P.L.140-2005, SEC.8.

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