The state shall not be liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts. Payments of all claims arising by reason of the administration of this chapter or acts of the commission shall be limited to the funds collected by the commission. No member of the commission or alternate member, or any employee or agent thereof, shall be personally liable on the contracts of the commission nor shall a commissioner, alternate member, or employee of such commission be responsible individually in any way to any producer or handler or any other person for error in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as principal, agent, or employee, except for his own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. The commission accepts full responsibility to defend any member of the commission or alternate member, or an employee or agent thereof, against any such claim, except for individual acts of dishonesty or crime. No commissioner or alternate member shall be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any member of such commission. The liability of the commissioners shall be several and not joint, and no commissioner shall be liable for the default of any other commissioner.