State, Dept. of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn

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• concluding that the court should consider the context of the entire act when interpreting the plain meaning of statutory text
• concluding that the court should consider the context of the entire act when interpreting the plain meaning of statutory text
• concluding that plain meaning is derived \from all that the Legislature has said in the statute and related statutes which disclose legislative intent about the provision in question.\
• concluding that plain meaning is derived “from all that the Legislature has said in the statute and related statutes which disclose legislative intent about the provision in question.”
• explaining that interpreting a statute based on legislative history is appropriate only after determining it is ambiguous
• clarifying that “plain meaning” is “discerned from all that the Legislature has said in the statute and related statutes which disclose legislative intent about the provision in question”

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