5-54.1-13. Construction and severability.
(a)This compact and the commission’s rulemaking authority…#
(a) This compact and the commission’s rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed
so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the compact.
Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall not be
construed to limit the commission’s rulemaking authority solely for those purposes.
(b)The provisions of this compact shall be severable and…#
(b) The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or
provision of this compact is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the
constitution of any participating state, a state seeking participation in the compact, or of the United
States, or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held to be
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remainder of this compact
and the applicability thereof to any other government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be
affected thereby.