If any section, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this title or any other provision listed in Section 16580 is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this title or any other provision listed in Section 16580. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this title and any other provision listed in Section 16580, and each section, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subdivisions, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional.

(Amended (as added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711) by Stats. 2011, Ch. 285, Sec. 24. (AB 1402) Effective January 1, 2012.)