; (b) a proposal to maintain State safety oversight of the WMATA Rail System in compliance with applicable Federal law; (c) a plan to hold surplus funds in a trust for a successor regulatory entity for 4 years after the termination of this MSC Compact; and (d) a plan to return any surplus funds that remain 4 years after the creation of the trust. L. Construction and Severability 57. This MSC Compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes for which it is created. 58. If any part or provision of this MSC Compact or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this MSC Compact or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances, and the Signatories hereby declare that they would have entered into this MSC Compact or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such provision or application thereof been apparent. M. Adoption