GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION – General Principles

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Only where the plain meaning of a statute is unclear may PERB turn to other extrinsic sources to discern legislative intent, such as maxims of construction, legislative history, and the wider historical context of the statute’s enactment. (p. 33.)