On or before July 1 of each year, the Department shall submit to the Senate Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Environmental Matters Committee a report on:
A. 
The number, location and type of projects subject to the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
The amount and location of acres cleared, conserved and planted in connection with a development project.
C. 
The amount of reforestation and afforestation fees and noncompliance penalties collected and expended.
D. 
The costs of implementing the forest conservation program.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this chapter is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision; and the holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the chapter.