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ARTICLE 32 GENDER AND PLURAI., <br />32.01 Whenever the context so requires, the use ol'words herein, in the singular, shall be <br />construed to include the plural, and words in the plural, the singular, and words whether in the <br />masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall be construed to include all of said genders. By the <br />use of either the masculine or feminine genders it is understood that said use is for convenience <br />purposes only and is not to be interpreted to be discriminatory by reason of sex. <br />ARTICLE 33 OBLIGATION TO NEGOTIATF <br />33.01 The Employer and the FOP acknowledge that during negotiations which preceded this <br />Agreement, each had the unlimited right and opportunity to make demands and proposals with <br />respect to any subject or matter not removed by law from the area of collective <br />bargaining/negotiations and that the understandings and agreements arrived at by the parties after <br />the exercise of that right and opportunity are set forth in this Agreement. <br />33.02 Therefore, for the life of this Agreement, the Employer and the FOP each voluntarily and <br />unqualifiedly waives the right, and each agrees that the other shall not be obligated to negotiate <br />collectively with respect to any subject or matter referred to, or covered in this Agreement, or <br />with respect to any subject or matter not specifically referred to or covered in this Agreement, <br />even though such subjects or matters may not have been within the knowledge or contemplation <br />of either or both of the parties at the time they negotiated and signed this Agreement. <br />33.03 Only upon mutual agreement of the parties may any provision of this Agreement be <br />renegotiated during its term. <br />ARTICLE 34 CONFORMITY TO LAW <br />34.01 This Agreement shall be subject to and subordinated to any applicable present and future <br />federal and state laws, and the invalidity oi' any provisions of this Agreement by reason of any <br />such existing or future law shall not affect the validity of the surviving provisions. <br />34.02 If the Enactment of legislation, or a determination by a court of final and competent <br />,jurisdiction (whether in a proceeding between the parties or in one not between the parties but <br />controlling by reason of the facts) renders any portion of this Agreement invalid or <br />unenforceable, such legislation or decision shall not affect the validity of the surviving <br />provisions of this agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect as il'such invalid <br />provision(s) thereof had not been included herein. <br />22 <br />