Colorado § 37-45-106 - Constitutional construction clause.
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§ 37-45-106. Constitutional construction clause.
If the courts of the state or of the United States declare any section, provision, paragraph, clause, sentence, or phrase, or part thereof, of this article invalid or unconstitutional, or in conflict with any other section, provision, paragraph, clause, sentence, or phrase, or part thereof, of this article, then such decision shall affect only the section, provision, paragraph, clause, sentence, phrase, or part thereof declared to be unconstitutional or unauthorized and shall not affect any other part whatsoever of this article. The general assembly of the state of Colorado declares that it would have passed this article and each section, provision, paragraph, clause, sentence, or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more of the other sections, provisions, paragraphs, clauses, sentences, or phrases, or parts thereof, are declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Source: L. 37: p. 1358, § 40. CSA: C. 173B, § 54. CRS 53: § 149-6-42. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-42.
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