                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY (§ 54.1-3496)

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 the Constitution 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 shall be held contrary to the constitution of any party
state, the 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: 2019, c. 300.