22 §4266. Severability and construction - Article 16 - Maine Statutes

Title 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE

Subtitle 3: INCOME SUPPLEMENTATION HEADING: PL 1973, C. 790, §1 (AMD)

Part 4: INTERSTATE COMPACTS

Chapter 1154: INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN

§4266. Severability and construction - Article 16

1. Enforceable. The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is determined unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact are enforceable.

[ 2007, c. 255, §6 (NEW) .]

2. Provisions liberally construed. The provisions of this chapter may be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.

[ 2007, c. 255, §6 (NEW) .]

3. Concurrent applicability. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prohibit the concurrent applicability of other interstate compacts of which the states are members.

[ 2007, c. 255, §6 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2007, c. 255, §6 (NEW).