POFF, J., dissenting. I cannot agree with the majority’s reasoning. In the construction of legislative enactments, the judicial function is to determine legislative intent and, insofar as it comports with constitutional principles, to give it effect. I accept the several rules the majority invokes. True, courts “take the words as written to determ…
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