Does the Sunday Motor Vehicle Law or the Holiday Business Law Control?
The first issue with which this Court has been presented is which statute, the Sunday Motor Vehicle Law or the Holiday Business Law, controls. When a court is called upon to construe the provisions of coexisting statutes, “[it] attempt[s] to follow the rule of statutory construction that provides that statutes relating to the same or similar subject matter should be construed such that they will harmonize with each other and be consistent with their general objective scope.” Blanchette v. Stone, 591 A.2d 785, 786-787 (R.I. 1991) [*5] (citing State v. Ahmadjian, 438 A.2d 1070, 1081 (R.I. 1981)). “In accomplishing this objective, the underlying purpose of this court should be to determine the intention of the Legislature.” Id. (citing Landers v. Reynolds, 92 R.I. 403, 407, 169 A.2d 367, 369 (1961)). However, [w]hen the language of a statute is clear and unambiguous, [the court] must enforce the statute as written by giving the words of the statute their plain and ordinary meaning. But wh
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