Except to the extent necessary to give effect to Section 5-7A-45(b), no general or local law or general law of local application shall be deemed to have been modified or repealed by Sections 5-7A-40 through 5-7A-46, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed in any way to change or repeal the provisions of Section 5-2A-7 or 5-5A-20.