OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE
Cal. PEN § 417.27
California Statutes
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a) No person, corporation, firm, or business entity of any kind shall knowingly sell a laser pointer to a person years of age or younger, unless he or she is accompanied and supervised by a parent, legal guardian, or any other adult years of age or older. (
b) No student shall possess a laser pointer on any elementary or secondary school premises unless possession of a laser pointer on the elementary or secondary school premises is for a valid instructional or other school-related purpose, including employment. (
c) No person shall direct the beam from a laser pointer directly or indirectly into the eye or eyes of another person or into a moving vehicle with the intent to harass or annoy the other person or the occupants of the moving vehicle. (
d) No person shall direct the beam from a laser pointer directly or indirectly into the eye or eyes of a guide dog, signal dog, service dog, or dog being used by a peace officer with the intent to harass or annoy the animal. (
e) A violation of subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (
d) shall be an infraction that is punished by either a fine of fifty dollars ($50) or four hours of community service, and a second or subsequent violation of any of these subdivisions shall be an infraction that is punished by either a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) or eight hours of community service. (
f) As used in this section, “laser pointer” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (
c) of
Section 417.25. (
g) As used in this section, “guide dog,” “signal dog,” and “service dog,” respectively, have the same meaning as set forth in subdivisions (d), (e), and (
f) of