2018 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 20 - Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability
Sec. 2102 - Severability
| 48 U.S.C. § 2102 (2018) |
| §2102. Severability |
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(a) In general
Except as provided in subsection (b), if any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of that provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, is not affected thereby, provided that subchapter III is not severable from subchapters I and II, and subchapters I and II are not severable from subchapter III. (b) UniformityIf a court holds invalid any provision of this chapter or the application thereof on the ground that the provision fails to treat similarly situated territories uniformly, then the court shall, in granting a remedy, order that the provision of this chapter or the application thereof be extended to any other similarly situated territory, provided that the legislature of that territory adopts a resolution signed by the territory's governor requesting the establishment and organization of a Financial Oversight and Management Board pursuant to section 2121 of this title. |
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(Pub. L. 114–187, §3, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 550.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 114–187, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 549, known as the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act and also as PROMESA, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2101 of this title and Tables. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
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| Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 20 - PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY Sec. 2102 - Severability |
| section 2102 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| No |
| standard |
| 130 Stat. 550, 549 |
| Public Law 114-187 |
