The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 22 : Libraries, History, and Information Technology
Chapter 002 : Interstate Library Compact
Subchapter 001 : COMPACT
(Cite as: 22 V.S.A. § 32)-
§ 32. Construction and severability—Article XII
This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes of the compact. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability of the compact to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability of the compact to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any party state the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters. (Added 1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963; amended 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 242, eff. July 1, 2024.)
