13:1E-35 - Liberal construction; severability - New Jersey Statutes

13:1E-35.  Liberal construction;  severability
    The object and design of this amendatory and supplementary act being the protection and preservation of public health, safety and welfare, and the creation of solid waste management districts based upon the counties of this State and the Hackensack Meadowlands District, through which the management of solid waste in New Jersey may be undertaken in a comprehensive manner, this amendatory and supplementary act shall be liberally construed and the powers granted and the duties imposed by this amendatory and supplementary act shall be construed to be independent and severable.  If any one or more sections, clauses, sentences or parts of this amendatory and supplementary act shall for any reason be questioned in any court, and shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid.

     L.1975, c. 326, s. 26.