Effective Date and Severability
(a) This article shall take effect on the next January 1 following its adoption by the voters.
(b) The provisions of this article are severable. If any portion, section, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, clause, subclause, sentence, phrase, word, or application of this article is for any reason held to be invalid by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this article. The people of the State of California hereby declare that they would have adopted this article and each and every portion, section, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, clause, subclause, sentence, phrase, word, and application not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any part of this article or application thereof would be subsequently declared invalid.
(c) To the extent a court of competent jurisdiction determines it is legally impossible to comply with any date or deadline set forth in this article during the first calendar year after this article takes effect, the people of the State of California hereby declare their intent for this article to be implemented and applied at the earliest possible date consistent with state and federal law.