1. In order to assure the continued availability of flood insurance in
any community described in subdivision two or four of section 36-0105 of
this article while it completes the process of qualifying as a
participant in the national flood insurance program, the department is
authorized and directed to provide technical assistance necessary to
enable such local governments to assume their responsibilities in as
expeditious a manner as possible.
2. The commissioner shall review, and appropriately amend or repeal,
all regulations of the department relating to the implementation of the
former article thirty-six of the environmental conservation law which
was repealed by the same chapter of the laws of nineteen hundred
ninety-two that enacted this article thirty-six.
3. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to affect the
validity of any local law or ordinance heretofore enacted by any local
government.
4. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any
person or circumstances shall be adjudged invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall be confined in its
operation to the controversy in which it was rendered, and shall not
affect or invalidate the remainder of any provision of any section or
the application of any part thereof to any other person or circumstances
and to this end the provisions of this article are hereby declared to be
severable.