ยง 16.01. Severability. Effect of unconstitutionality in part. If any
clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this title
shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder
thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,
paragraph, subdivision, section or part thereof directly involved in the
controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.