§ 76067 Commission Liability Limitations

(a) The state is not liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts. Payments of all claims arising by reason of the administration of this chapter or acts of the commission shall be limited to the funds collected by the commission. (b) No member of the commission or alternate member, or any employee or agent therefor, shall be personally liable on the contracts of the commission; be responsible individually in any way to any producer, processor, shipper, or grower-handler, or any other person for error in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as principal, agent, or employee, except for his or her own individual acts of dishonesty or crime; or be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any member of the commission. Liability shall be several and not joint, and no member of the commission shall be liable for the default of any other member of the commission. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1004, Sec. 44. Effective September 26, 1985.)