GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION – General Principles

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When statute is clear and unambiguous, the intent of the Legislature is reflected in the plain meaning of the statute and it is unnecessary to look at Legislative history. A recognized rule of statutory construction is that the expression of certain things in a statute necessarily involves exclusion of other things not expressed.