Food & Agr. Code, § 73124 · Article 3. The California Navel Orange Commission
Food & Agr. Code, § 73124
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The state shall not be 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 are limited to the funds collected by the commission.
No member of the commission or alternate member, or any employee or agent thereof, is personally liable on the contracts of the commission or responsible individually in any way to any producer, any 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.
The commission shall accept full responsibility to defend any member of the commission or alternate member, or any employee or agent thereof, against any such claim, except for individual acts of dishonesty or crime.
No commissioner or alternate member shall be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any other member of the commission. The liability of the commissioners are several and not joint, and no commissioner is liable for the default of any other commissioner.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 494, Sec. 1. Effective July 28, 1983.
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