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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 32. HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES · Chapter 11. INTERSTATE RAIL PASSENGER NETWORK COMPACT

32-11-9. Construction of compact.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the compact’s purposes.#

  2. (b)

    The provisions of this compact are severable. If:#

    1. (1)

      A phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the Constitution of a participating state or of the United States; or#

    2. (2)

      The applicability of this compact to a government, an agency, a person, or a circumstance is held invalid,#

    3. the validity of the remainder of this compact and the compact’s applicability to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is not affected.

  3. (c)

    If this compact is held contrary to the Constitution of a participating state, the compact remains in effect for the remaining participating states and in effect for the state affected for all severable matters.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 32-11-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 419, § 1.

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Text read from t32-(v23a)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V23A, 2019 edition, page 486; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 04a286a38b4e.