SEC. 1.535. SEVERABILITY.
§ 1.535
If a court finds any part of this Chapter invalid or unconstitutional, the rest of the Chapter remains in effect. The Board of Supervisors confirms it would have adopted each provision independently even if another provision were struck down.
If a court decides that one rule in this Chapter is illegal or unconstitutional, that doesn't kill the whole Chapter. All the other rules keep working. The Board is saying that it chose each rule on its own merits, so losing one rule doesn't mean it would have skipped the rest.
- Complex:The section uses multiple layers of nested clauses and repetitive phrasing ('Section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion') that could be simplified without changing meaning.
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Official text
If any Section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Chapter, or the application thereof to any person or entity is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Chapter or its application to other persons, business entities, or organizations. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have adopted this Chapter, and each Section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more Sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions, or the application thereof to any person or entity, to be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Added by Ord. 71-00, File No. 000358, App. 4/28/2000) (Derivation: Former Administrative Code Section 16.547; added by Proposition G, 11/4/97)