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This Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party<\/span> state or of the United States, or if 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 shall be held to be contrary to the constitution of any party<\/span> state, this Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party<\/span> states and in full force and effect as to the party<\/span> state affected as to all severable matters.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY (\u00a7 54.1-3040.11)\n\nThis Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes\nthereof. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and if any phrase,\nclause, sentence, or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the\nconstitution of any party state or of the United States, or if the applicability\nthereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the\nvalidity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability thereof to any\ngovernment, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If\nthis Compact shall be held to be contrary to the constitution of any party\nstate, this Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining\nparty states and in full force and effect as to the party state affected as to\nall severable matters.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 108.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}