It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 11-34 of the General Laws entitled "Prostitution and Lewdness" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

{ADD 11-34-11. Loitering for indecent purposes in or near schools. -- ADD} {ADD Any person who violates this section by attempting to engage a person for the purpose of prostitution or other indecent act, or to patronize or induce or otherwise secure a person to commit any such act in the building or on the grounds, or within three hundred (300) yards of the grounds of a public or private elementary, vocational, or secondary school, shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not more than one (1) year and a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). ADD}

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.