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No. 97 v. Houser, ¶ 8 (2007) ().

Ariz. Const. art. 15, §§ 3, 13, 14; (stating that the “best and most reliable index of a statute's meaning is its language”); Phelps Dodge, 207 Ariz. at 109 ¶ 42 (stating that “[a]rticle 15, [s]ection 3 requires the Commission to ‘prescribe just and reasonable .

("[T]he best and most reliable index of a statute's meaning is its language and, when the language is clear and unequivocal, it is determinative of the statute's construction.").

When the statute’s language is “clear and unequivocal, it is determinative of the statute’s construction.”

When the language of a statute or rule is “clear and unequivocal, it is determinative of the statute’s construction.”

§ 12-2101(A)(1), (5)(b); (noting clear and unequivocal language of statute is “determinative of the statute’s construction”).

When a term is not defined in a statute, we will look first to the statute’s language to determine legislative intent, as the language is “the best and most reliable index of a statute’s meaning.” , 854 P.2d at 131, 133 (1993) ( , (internal quotation marks omitted)).

“We look first to the statute’s language because we expect it to be ‘the best and most reliable index of a statute’s meaning.’”