(a) The provisions of this article are severable, and if a court holds that a phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this article is invalid, or that its applicability to a person or circumstance is invalid, the remainder of the article and its applicability to other persons and circumstances may not be affected.
(b) The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to give effect to the purposes of this article.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 679, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)