Indiana § 21-28-3-9 - Severability and construction
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 21-28-3-9 — Severability and construction, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-28-3-9. Severability and construction
Sec. 9. ARTICLE VIII. SEVERABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION. The provisions of this Compact entered into hereunder shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any compacting state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this Compact entered into hereunder shall be held contrary to the constitution of any compacting state, the Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters. The provisions of this Compact entered into pursuant hereto shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof.
[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-73-10.]
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.269.
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Section 21-28-3-9 ("Severability and construction") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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