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ORDINANCE NO. 99- 20 PAGE I~FiREE 1. Such laser pointers on open display are clearly and fully visible from a place of payment for goods and services or customer information at which such seller or an employee or other agent of such seller is usually present during hours when the public is invited. 2. Such laser pointers are in a package, box, or other container provided by the manufacturer, importer, or packager that is larger than 41 square inches. Further it shall be unlawful to display laser pointers in any manner or to post a sign advertising the availability of laser pointers unless notice has been posted in a conspicuous location indicating that the sale or giving of laser pointers to persons eighteen (18) years of age or younger is a misdemeanor. F. When a person is found to possess a laser pointer while in a public place or on school premises in violation of Subdivision (D) of this Section, it is an affirmative defense that: Such person was traveling to or from school premises, where the laser pointer would have been or was used for a valid institutional, school-related, or employment purpose under the supervision of a school staff person, other authorized instructor, employer, or employer's agent and such person had not turned on the laser pointer or displayed it in a menacing or threatening manner; or 2. Such person was traveling to or from his or her place of employment where the laser pointer would have been or was used during such person's hours of employment, for a valid employment purpose, under the supervision of the employer or employer's agent, and such person had not turned on the laser pointer or displayed it in a menacing or threatening manner. G. Whoever violates this Section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree, except that if the person the laser beam was focused, shined, or pointed on was at the time a uniformed police officer, uniformed security .guard, uniformed school safety officer, uniformed traffic enforcement agent, uniformed emergency medical service worker, or uniformed ambulance worker, or other uniformed Village, state, or federal peace officer, investigator, or emergency service worker, or the marked service vehicle of any such individual, the violator is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.