No operator or affiliate may be held liable for acts or omissions of the receiver or the receiver’s employees during the term of the receivership. Nothing in sections 198.099 to 198.136 shall be deemed to relieve any operator or any affiliate of an operator of a facility placed in receivership of any civil or criminal liability incurred, or any duty imposed by law, by reason of acts or omissions of the operator or affiliates of the operator prior to the appointment of a receiver under section 198.105 or 198.108, nor shall anything contained in sections 198.099 to 198.136 be construed to suspend during the receivership any obligation of the operator or any affiliate of an operator for payment of taxes or other operating and maintenance expenses of the facility, nor of the operator or affiliates of the operator for the payment of mortgages or liens.