§ 44-7-21 - Severability. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 44-7-21

   § 44-7-21  Severability. – The powers granted and the duties imposed by chapters 7 – 9 of this titleand their applicability to any persons, tax districts, or circumstances shallbe construed to be independent and severable, and if any one or more sections,clauses, sentences, or parts of these chapters, or their applicability to anypersons, tax districts, or circumstances shall be adjudged unconstitutional orinvalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainingprovisions of these chapters, or their applicability to other persons, taxdistricts, or circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to thespecific provisions held unconstitutional and invalid and to the persons, taxdistricts, and circumstances affected by that invalidity.