7 CFR § 966.90 - Personal liability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s966.90"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 966.90 - Personal liability."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "966.90"
section_name: "Personal liability."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "966"
part_name: "TOMATOES GROWN IN FLORIDA"
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: "20 FR 7357, Oct. 4, 1955, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961."
cfr_part: "966"
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# 966.90 Personal liability.

No member or alternate of the committee nor 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, agent, or employee except for acts of dishonesty, willful misconduct, or gross negligence.