Does the construction of a statute need to be a question of law?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Quest Diagnostics, Inc. v. Kent, C083565 (Cal. App. 2018):

The construction of a statute is a question of law; while we accord what is termed "weak" deference to an agency's interpretation of its governing statutes, this is an issue we decide de novo. (County of Sonoma v. Cohen (2015) 235 Cal.App.4th 42, 47.)

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