Little v. Conflict of Interest Commission

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• noting it is a well established principle that statutory terms are given their plain and ordinary meaning unless there is a contrary intent shown on the face of the statute
• \[W]e may not alter the meaning to make [a statute] applicable and promote what we think a more desirable result.\
• “The best evidence of [the General Assembly’s] intent can be found in the plain language used in the statute.”
• “It is a primary canon of statutory construction that statutory intent is to be found in the words of a statute, if they are free from ambiguity and express a reasonable meaning.”
• “It is a primary canon of statutory construction that statutory intent is to be found in the words of a statute, if they are free from ambiguity and express a reasonable meaning”
• “It is a primary canon of statutory construction that statutory intent is to be found in the words of a statute, if they are free from ambiguity and express a reasonable meaning.”

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