7 CFR § 956.94 - Personal liability.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s956.94"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 956.94 - Personal liability."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "956.94"
section_name: "Personal liability."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "956"
part_name: "SWEET ONIONS GROWN IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST OREGON"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 27626, May 24, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "956"
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# 956.94 Personal liability.
No member or alternate of the committee or any employee or agent thereof, shall be held personally responsible, either individually or jointly with others, in any way whatsoever, to any handler or to any person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as such member, alternate, employee, or agent, except for acts of dishonesty, willful misconduct, or gross negligence.