§ 61809 Severability Of Provisions

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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•If one part of this law is found to be unfair or wrong, the rest of the law still works.
•The people who made the law say they would have made each part even if other parts were removed.
•This law is like a puzzle—if one piece is broken, the other pieces still fit together.

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Imagine a law that says you can't litter and you can't play loud music in a park. A court says the rule about loud music is unfair.

Even though the loud music rule is gone, the rule about not littering still counts. The law still works without the unfair part.

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§ 61809 Severability Of Provisions

If any article, section, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase of any provision of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision does not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this chapter. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have enacted each article, section, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter irrespective of the fact that one or more other articles, sections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, or phrases is declared unconstitutional. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 61809.

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