The members and employees of any commission governed by this article and the Commissioner shall not be held responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any producer, processor, distributor, or other handler or to any other person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as principal, agent, person, or employee, except for their own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. No such person or employee shall be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any other member of any such commission. The liability of the members of the commission shall be several and not joint and no member shall be liable for the default of any other member.
History. Ga. L. 1961, p. 301, § 21; Ga. L. 1969, p. 763, § 22; Code 1981, § 2-8-11 ; Code 1981, § 2-8-19 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1420, § 1.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 8 - Agricultural Commodities Promotion
Article 2 - Agricultural Commodity Commissions Generally
§ 2-8-12. Commissioner to Administer and Enforce Article
§ 2-8-16. Funds of Commissions — Receipt, Collection, and Disbursement
§ 2-8-17. Funds of Commissions — Treatment as Trust Funds
§ 2-8-18. Bonds of Persons Handling Funds
§ 2-8-19. Liability of Commission Members and Employees
§ 2-8-20. Cooperation With State and Federal Governmental Authorities
§ 2-8-22. Recommendation of Marketing Orders or Amendments by Commission; Authorized Provisions
§ 2-8-23.1. Limitations on Assessments
§ 2-8-24. Area Marketing Orders Authorized
§ 2-8-26. Applicability of Marketing Orders
§ 2-8-28. Collection of Assessments by Civil Action; Penalty for Delinquent Payment
§ 2-8-32. Civil Penalties; Notice and Hearing; Recovery Procedure; Disposition of Proceeds
§ 2-8-33. Action for Civil Penalty or Injunctive Relief; Costs
§ 2-8-37. Penalties and Remedies Concurrent, Alternative, and Cumulative