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while ‘shall’ generally indicates a mandatory provision.” ¶ 7 (App. 2000) (citations omitted).

¶ 7 (App. 2000) (“If a statute employs both mandatory and discretionary terms, we may infer that .

¶ 7 (App. 2000) (“If a statute employs both mandatory and discretionary terms, we may infer .

all lawsuits filed, judgments rendered, and payments made under this trust agreement and of any failure by Trustor to replenish the trust fund as required [by the Agreement].” Although Pacific also “may [have], within its sole discretion, invest[ed] the funds comprising the corpus,” this was not a mandatory obligation, as evidenced by the use of “may” rather than “shall.” ¶ 7 (App. 2000) (citations omitted).

¶ 7, (“And, in fact, use of the word ‘may’ generally indicates permissive intent, while ‘shall’ generally indicates a mandatory provision.”) (citations omitted).

Section 2.1 of the Ordinance states that for the purposes of the Ordinance, the “word ‘shall’ is mandatory; the word ‘may’ is permissive.” ¶ 7, (holding that use of the word “may” in a statute generally indicates permissive intent, while “shall” generally indicates a mandatory provision).

¶ 14 Although, as Father asserts, use of the word “may” generally evidences permissive intent, ¶ 7 , he misconstrues the syntax of the initial sentence in § 25-1302(A).

(citing Flynt, 199 Ariz. at 94, ¶ 5 , 13 P.3d at 1211 ; ¶ 6 , ).

(“In interpreting statutes, we must strive to „find and give effect to legislative intent,‟ and to interpret the statute so as to give it a fair and sensible meaning.”) (citations omitted), quoting Bustos v. W.M.

¶23 We begin by noting that in construing statutes, we interpret them so as “to ‘find and give effect to legislative intent’ ” and to give them “a fair and sensible meaning.” ¶¶ 6 , (interpreting statute requiring mental health experts to conduct examinations “simultaneously” to mean within a “short time frame,” not at “precisely the same time”).

while ‘shall’ generally indicates a mandatory provision____If a statute employs both mandatory and discretionary terms, we may infer that the legislature intended each term to carry its ordinary meaning.” ¶ 7 , (citations omitted).

Consequently, just as “shall” generally indicates a mandatory provision, ¶ 7 , “should” assumes a similar meaning.

¶ 7 , (holding use of word “may” generally indicates permissive rather than mandatory intent).

Further, we attempt to give a statute “a fair and sensible meaning,” ¶ 6 , and to avoid a construction that produces an absurd result.

See, e.g., Outdoor Sys., , *489 307, ¶ 7