(240 ILCS 40/20-15)

Sec. 20-15. Liquidation procedures. When a licensee experiences a failure, the Department has the authority to and shall:

(a) Immediately post notice at all locations of the failed licensee stating that the licensee has experienced a failure and that the license has been terminated and is no longer effective.

(b) Immediately take physical control and possession of the failed licensee's facility, including but not limited to all offices and grain storage facilities, books, records, and any other property necessary or desirable to liquidate grain assets and equity assets.

(c) Give public notice and notify all known potential claimants by certified mail of the licensee's failure and the processes necessary to file grain claims with the Department as set forth in Section 25-5.

(d) Perform an examination of the failed licensee.

(e) Seize and take possession of, protect, liquidate, and collect upon all grain assets, collateral, and guarantees of or relating to the failed licensee and deposit the proceeds into the Trust Account. If at any time it appears, however, in the judgment of the Department that the costs of seizing and taking possession of, protecting, liquidating, and collecting upon any or all of the grain assets, collateral, and guarantees equals or exceeds the expected recovery to the Department, the Department may elect not to pursue seizing and taking possession of, protecting, liquidating, and collecting upon any or all of the assets.

(f) Seize, take possession of, protect, liquidate, and collect upon the equity assets of the failed licensee and deposit the proceeds into the Trust account if the Department has first obtained the written consent of all applicable secured parties or lien holders, if any. If at any time it appears, however, in the judgment of the Department that the costs of seizing and taking possession of, protecting, liquidating, and collecting upon any or all of the equity assets equals or exceeds the expected recovery to the Department, the Department may elect not to pursue seizing and taking possession of, protecting, liquidating, and collecting upon any or all of the equity assets. If the Department does not otherwise pursue seizing and taking possession of, protecting, liquidating, and collecting upon any of the equity assets, the Department may bring or participate in any liquidation or collection proceedings involving the applicable secured parties or other interested party, if any, and shall have the rights and remedies provided by law, including the right to enforce its lien by any available judicial procedure.

If an applicable secured party or lien holder does not consent to the Department seizing, taking possession of, liquidating, or collecting upon the equity assets, the secured party or lien holder shall have the rights and remedies provided by law or by agreement with the licensee or failed licensee, including the right to enforce its security interest or lien by any available judicial procedure.

(g) Make available on demand to an applicable secured party or lien holder the equity asset, to the extent the Department seized or otherwise gained possession or control of the equity asset, but the secured party or lien holder does not consent to the Department liquidating and collecting upon the equity asset.

(Source: P.A. 93-225, eff. 7-21-03.)