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title: O.C.G.A. § 2-8-19. Liability of commission members and employees.
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# O.C.G.A. § 2-8-19. Liability of commission members and employees.

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.