California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
FAC §69044: The state is not liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts.
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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. No member of the commission or alternate member, or any employee or agent thereof, is personally liable on the contracts of the commission and no commissioner, alternate member, or employee of the commission is responsible individually in any way to any producer, processor, producer-supplier, 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. No commissioner or alternate member shall be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any member of the commission. The liability of the commissioners is several and not joint, and no commissioner is liable for the default of any other commissioner.
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