§6-9D-14. Severability.

(a) In case any section or provision of this article, including any condition or prerequisite to any action or determination thereunder, or in case any act or action, or part thereof, made, or taken under this article, or any application thereof, is for any reason held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remainder thereof or any other section or provision of this article, including any condition or prerequisite to any action or determination thereunder, or any agreement, act or action, or part thereof, made, entered into, or taken under such article, which shall be construed and enforced and applied as if such illegal or invalid portion were not contained therein, nor shall such illegality or invalidity or any application thereof affect any legal and valid application thereof, and each such section, provision, agreement, act, or action, or part thereof, shall be deemed to be effective, operative, made, and entered into or taken in the manner and to the full extent permitted by law.

(b) Any action or proceeding bringing into question the interpretation, legality, or validity of any provision of this article, the existence or authority, or the legality or validity of any act, of the committee or the State Auditor or of any action taken under this article, is a matter of great public interest to the state and shall be advanced on the docket of the court and expedited to final determination.