5:12-133 Severability and preemption.
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133. a. If any clause, sentence, subparagraph, paragraph, subsection, section, article or other portion of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held to be invalid, such holding shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act or the application of such portion held invalid to any other person or circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subparagraph, subsection, section, article or other portion thereof directly involved in such holding or to the person or circumstance therein involved.
b. If any provision of this act is inconsistent with, in conflict with, or contrary to any other provision of law, such provision of this act shall prevail over such other provision and such other provision shall be deemed to be amended, superseded or repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, no local government unit of this State may enact or enforce any ordinance or resolution conflicting with any provision of this act or with any policy of this State expressed or implied herein, whether by exclusion or inclusion.
The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all matters delegated to it or within the scope of its powers under the provisions of this act, and the division shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all matters delegated to it or within the scope of its powers under the provisions of this act.
L.1977, c.110, s.133; amended 2011, c.19, s.89.