(Severability.) If any provision of the civil service rules or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the rules which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end any section, sentence, or word is declared severable.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
41.06 RCW. WSR 05-01-203, § 357-04-115, filed 12/21/04, effective 7/1/05.]