§ 14-212. Severability. If any clause, sentence, or other portion of
paragraph (c) of subdivision two of section 14-203 of this title be
adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, then
subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of
section 14-203 of this title shall read as follows:

(iii) state senator, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of
this subdivision, not less than ten thousand dollars in matchable
contributions including at least one hundred and fifty matchable
contributions in an amount greater than five dollars and no greater than
the limits in this chapter, of which the first two hundred fifty dollars
shall be counted toward this qualifying threshold; and

(iv) member of the assembly, except as otherwise provided in paragraph
(c) of this subdivision, not less than five thousand dollars in
matchable contributions including at least seventy-five matchable
contributions in an amount greater than five dollars and no greater than
the limits in this chapter, of which the first two hundred fifty dollars
shall be counted toward this qualifying threshold.