Because of this ambiguity, the court applied the longer limitations period and denied summary judgment on the basis that Zoss commenced his action within one year after the trespass occurred. We granted Schaefers' petition for an intermediate appeal of the order denying summary judgment. In reviewing the grant or denial of summary judgment, this Court must determine whether a genuine issue of material fact exists and whether the law was correctly applied. Stene v. State Farm Mut. If there is any basis to support the court's ruling, affirmance of its decision is proper.
Statutory interpretation presents a question of law reviewable de novo.
Satellite Cable Srvs. This court assumes that statutes mean what they say and that legislators have said what they meant. When the language of a statute is clear, certain and unambiguous, there is no occasion for construction, and the court's only function is to declare the meaning of the statute as clearly expressed in the statute. A statute is ambiguous when it is reasonably capable of being understood in more than one sense. Based on the legislative intent of the act as a whole and the express language of other applicable provisions, we held that the latter part of the statute was a dependent clause subject to class membership restrictions.