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This chapter shall be construed in the manner most beneficial to persons with disabilities. All government branches and natural or juridical persons, on interpreting this legislation, shall use a liberal, nonrestrictive interpretation. The use, as a precedent to reduce the scope of the rights of persons with disabilities, of any decision of a federal court or administrative agency that interprets or has interpreted the Federal Public Law of July 26, 1990, known as the Americans with Disabilities Act, in a restrictive manner and against the interests of persons with disabilities, is hereby precluded. History —July 2, 1985, No. 44, p. 155, added as § 14 on Sept. 16, 2004, No. 355, § 1.