GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION – General Principles

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Where the provisions of state acts are indentical or substantially similar to those of existing federal statutes, the inference may be drawn that the State Legislature intended that the state laws be interpreted and applied in accordance with federal precedent; p. 6.