The members of any commodity board, including employees thereof, and the Commission shall not be held responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any producer, processor, distributor or other handler or 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 person or employee shall be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any other member of any 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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-17-470
Liability of members of Commission, board members, and employees
Known as the Agricultural Commodities Marketing Act
The act spans §§ 46–46 (47 sections).
1962 Code SECTION 3-235.46; 1968 (55) 2743.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.