Common use of External Law Clause in Contracts

External Law. a) Should any article, section, or clause of this Agreement be declared illegal by a court of competent jurisdiction or in the event the Congress or the Legislature enacts a law in conflict with any article, section or clause of this Agreement, said article, section or clause as the case may be, shall be automatically deleted from this Agreement to the extent that it violates the law, but the remaining articles, sections or clauses shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of the Agreement, if not affected by the deleted article, section or clause. b) If there is any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and any legal obligation or affirmative action requirements imposed on the Board by federal or state law, such legal obligations or affirmative action requirements thus imposed shall be controlling. The parties acknowledge that, during the negotiations which resulted in this Agreement, each had the unlimited right and opportunity to make demands and proposals with respect to any subject or matter not removed by law from the area of collective bargaining, and that the understandings and agreements arrived at by the parties after the exercise of that right and opportunity are set forth in this Agreement. This Agreement, upon ratification supersedes all prior practices and agreements (prior to ratification by both sides) whether written or oral unless expressly to the contrary, herein, and constitutes the complete and entire agreement between the parties.