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The recodification act of the 2007 regular
session of the general assembly shall be construed as a recodification
of prior law. Except as provided in section 2(1) and 2(2) of this chapter,
if the literal meaning of the recodification act of the 2007 regular
session of the general assembly (including a literal application of an
erroneous change to an internal reference) would result in a substantive
change in the prior law, the difference shall be construed as a
typographical, spelling, or other clerical error that must be corrected
by:
(1)inserting, deleting, or substituting words, punctuation, or other
matters of style in the recodification act of the 2007 regular
session of the general assembly; or
(2)using any other rule of statutory construction;
as necessary or appropriate to apply
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The recodification act of the 2007 regular
session of the general assembly shall be construed as a recodification
of prior law. Except as provided in section 2(1) and 2(2) of this chapter,
if the literal meaning of the recodification act of the 2007 regular
session of the general assembly (including a literal application of an
erroneous change to an internal reference) would result in a substantive
change in the prior law, the difference shall be construed as a
typographical, spelling, or other clerical error that must be corrected
by:
(1) inserting, deleting, or substituting words, punctuation, or other
matters of style in the recodification act of the 2007 regular
session of the general assembly; or
(2) using any other rule of statutory construction;
as necessary or appropriate to apply the recodification act of the 2007
regular session of the general assembly in a manner that does not result
in a substantive change in the law. The principle of statutory
construction, which states that a court must apply the literal meaning
of an act if the literal meaning of the act is unambiguous, does not
apply to the recodification act of the 2007 regular session of the general
assembly to the extent that the recodification act of the 2007 regular
session of the general assembly is not substantively identical to the
prior law.
[2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation:
New.]