                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY (§ 54.1-3040.11)

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 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
state, this Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining
party states and in full force and effect as to the party state affected as to
all severable matters.

HISTORY: 2016, c. 108.