Applicability and Interpretation. This Agreement supersedes and replaces all applicable federal and state laws, statutes, codes, ordinances, resolutions, civil service rules and regulations, and all matters or issues pertaining to Employee wages, benefits, and working conditions over which it has authority to supersede and replace. The provisions of this Agreement constitute the sole, entire, and exclusive Agreement between the parties and all prior agreements, either verbal or written, are hereby negated. In the event that any provision of this Agreement and its application to any Employee is held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be of no further force and effect; but, all other provisions and applications shall continue in full force and effect. Within a reasonable time thereafter, the parties shall meet at mutually agreeable times in an attempt to legally modify the invalidated provisions by good faith negotiations on the same subject matter.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement