If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Chapter is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Chapter. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed and does hereby pass this Chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof, be declared invalid. SOURCE: GC § 18601.