Georgia § 31-9A-8 - Severability.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 31-9A-8 — Severability., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-9A-8. Severability.
If any one or more provisions, Code sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is found to be unconstitutional, the same is declared to be severable, and the balance of this chapter shall remain effective notwithstanding such unconstitutionality. The General Assembly declares that it would have enacted this chapter and each Code section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more provisions, Code sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words would be declared unconstitutional. (Code 1981, § 31-9A-8 , enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1450, § 6/HB 197.)
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