Plaintiffs timely appealed. Summary judgment is properly entered when the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, admissions and affidavits demonstrate the absence of any genuine issue of material fact, and that the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. 116 N.C. App. The facts as alleged in the verified complaint are not in dispute, and the sole issue before us is interpretation of the law applicable thereto. It is therefore our duty to harmonize them so as to give effect to each.
Statutory interpretation presents a question of law.
McLeod v. Nationwide Mutual Ins. The cardinal principle in the process is to ensure accomplishment of legislative intent. 123 N.C. App. In ascertaining the intent of the legislature, the presumption is that it acted with full knowledge of prior and existing laws. In each of the statutes passed subsequent to the CDPP, the intent of the General Assembly is readily discerned by examination of the unambiguous language contained therein.