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SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO AND THE EXERCISE THEREOF SHALL IN
NO MAY BE CONSIDERED OR CONSTRUED AS A WAIVER OF, ANY
OTHER RIGHTS OR REMEDIES [[GRANTED OR AVAILABLE TO THE
USING AUTHORITY]] PROVIDED ELSEWHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION
OR LAWS OF THIS STATE.

(C) ANY CONVICTION RESULTING FROM A VIOLATION OF
THIS SUBTITLE IS A FELONY AND IS PUNISHABLE BY A FINE NOT
GREATER THAN $20,000 OR IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM NOT
EXCEEDING TEN YEARS, OR BOTH, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE
COURT.

231-Y. VALIDITY OF CONTRACTS.

NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF ANY
CONTRACTS IN EXISTENCE AT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SUBTITLE.

SECTION 2.__AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all laws

or parts of laws, public general or public local,
inconsistent with this Act, are repealed to the extent of
the inconsistency.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any
provisions of this Act or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason,
the invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or
any other application of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or application, and
to this end all the provisions of this Act are declared
to be severable.

SECTION [[2]] 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That
this Act shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 733
(House Bill 644)
AN ACT concerning

Apprenticeship and Training Council

FOR the purpose of placing the Apprenticeship and
Training Council under the Commissioner of Labor and
Industry, providing for the appointment of a public