Section 36-0113. Miscellaneous

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  was repealed by the  same  chapter  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred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.