California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Housing Authority v. Van de Kamp, 223 Cal.App.3d 109, 272 Cal.Rptr. 584 (Cal. App. 1990):
Words or phrases common to two statutes dealing with the same subject matter must be construed in pari materia to have the same meaning. (Isobe v. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd. (1974) 12 Cal.3d 584, 590-591, 116 Cal.Rptr. 376, 526 P.2d 528.) The word "certification" as used in sections 11105 and 11105.2 refers to occupational certification. Thus the dissemination of criminal history records authorized by section 11105, subdivision (b)(10) is limited to the context of employment and occupational certification and licensing. A certificate of tenant eligibility issued by the local housing authority is not such a "certification."
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