N.Y. ENV Law § 49-0311
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Severability
Official statutory text
§ 49-0311. Severability.\n The provisions of this title shall be severable, and if any clause,\nsentence, paragraph, subdivision or part of this title shall be adjudged\nby any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment\nshall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall\nbe confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,\nsubdivision or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in\nwhich such judgment shall have been rendered; provided that if a\nconservation easement created pursuant to this title is determined by\nany court of competent jurisdiction to be land or water or an interest\nin land or water subject to the provisions of article fourteen of the\nconstitution then the authority of the state to hold or acquire such\neasement and the conveyance to the state of such easement shall be void\nab initio.\n
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