Liability of public depositors and the state.

(a) When public deposits are made in accordance with this chapter, no public depositor shall be liable for any loss thereof resulting from the default or insolvency of any qualified public depository in the absence of negligence, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance on the part of the public depositor, or its agents or employees.

(b) Under no circumstance shall this state, or any state agency or any covered public entity, be liable for all or any portion of any loss resulting from the default or insolvency of a qualified public depository.

(Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §1.)