(240 ILCS 40/25-20)

Sec. 25-20. Priorities and repayments.

(a) All valid claims shall be paid from the Trust Account, as provided in Section 25-10, first from the proceeds realized from liquidation of and collection upon the grain assets relating to the failed licensee, as to warehouse claimants, and the equity assets as to a secured party or lien holder who has consented to the Department liquidating and collecting upon the equity asset as set forth in subsection (f) of Section 20-15, and the remaining equity assets, collateral, and guarantees relating to the failed licensee, as to grain dealer claimants.

(b) If the proceeds realized from liquidation of and collection upon the grain assets, equity assets, collateral, and guarantees relating to the failed licensee are insufficient to pay all valid claims as provided in Section 25-10 and subsection (a) of this Section as payment on those claims becomes due, the Director shall request from the Board sufficient funds to be transferred from the Fund to the Trust Account to pay the balance owed to claimants as determined under Section 25-10. If a request is made by the Director for a transfer of funds to the Trust Account from the Fund, the Board shall act on that request within 25 days after the date of that request. Once moneys are transferred from the Fund to the Trust Account, the Director shall pay the balance owed to claimants in accordance with Section 25-10.

(c) Net proceeds from liquidation of grain assets as set forth in subsection (a) of Section 25-10 received by the Department, to the extent not already paid to warehouse claimants, shall be prorated among the fund and all warehouse claimants who have not had their valid claims paid in full.

(1) The pro rata distribution to the Fund shall be based upon the total amount of valid claims of all warehouse claimants who have had their valid claims paid in full. The pro rata distribution to each warehouse claimant who has not had his or her valid claims paid in full shall be based upon the total amount of that claimant's original valid claims.

(2) If the net proceeds from the liquidation of grain assets as set forth in subsection (a) of Section 25-10 exceed all amounts needed to satisfy all valid claims filed by warehouse claimants, the balance remaining shall be paid into the Trust Account or as set forth in subsection (h).

(d) Subject to subsections (c) and (h):

(1) The proceeds realized from liquidation of and collection upon the grain assets, equity assets, collateral, and guarantees relating to the failed licensee or any other assets relating to the failed licensee that are received by the Department, to the extent not already paid to claimants, shall be first used to repay the Fund for moneys transferred to the Trust Account.

(2) After the Fund is repaid in full for the moneys transferred from it to pay the valid claims in reference to a failed licensee, any remaining proceeds realized from liquidation of and collection upon the grain assets, equity assets, collateral, and guarantees relating to the failed licensee thereafter received by the Department shall be prorated to the claimants holding valid claims who have not received 100% of the amount of their valid claims based upon the unpaid amount of their valid claims.

(e) After all claimants have received 100% of the amount of their valid claims, to the extent moneys are available interest at the rate of 6% per annum shall be assessed and paid to the Fund on all moneys transferred from the Fund to the Trust Account.

(f) After the Fund is paid the interest as provided in subsection (e) of this Section, then those claims barred and disallowed under items (1) and (2) of subsection (g) of Section 25-10 shall be paid on a pro rata basis only to the extent that moneys are available.

(g) Once all claims become valid claims and have been paid in full and all interest as provided in subsection (e) of this Section is paid in full, all claims are paid in full under subsection (f), and all payments are made as required under Section 20-20(d), any remaining grain assets, equity assets, collateral, and guarantees, and the proceeds realized from liquidation of and collection upon the grain assets, equity assets, collateral, and guarantees relating to the failed licensee, shall be returned to the failed licensee or its assignee, or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(h) If amounts in the Fund are insufficient to pay all valid claims, the Corporation shall transfer from the Reserve Fund to the Fund amounts sufficient to satisfy the valid claims, and to the extent the amounts thus transferred are insufficient to pay all valid claims, the General Assembly shall appropriate to the Corporation amounts sufficient to satisfy the valid claims. If for any reason the General Assembly fails to make an appropriation to satisfy outstanding valid claims, this Code constitutes an irrevocable and continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary for that purpose and the irrevocable and continuing authority for and direction to the State Comptroller and to the State Treasurer to make the necessary transfers and disbursements from the revenues and funds of the State for that purpose. Subject to payments to warehouse claimants as set forth in subsection (c) of Section 25-20, the State shall be first reimbursed, and the Reserve Fund shall thereafter be reimbursed to the extent needed to restore the Reserve Fund to a level of $2,000,000 of principal (not including income on the assets in the Reserve Fund) as soon as funds become available for any amounts paid under subsection (g) of this Section upon replenishment of the Fund from assessments under subsections (d), (f), and (g) of Section 5-30 and collection upon grain assets, equity assets, collateral, and guarantees relating to the failed licensee.

(i) The Department shall have those rights of equitable subrogation which may result from a claimant receiving from the Fund payment in full of the obligations of the failed licensee to the claimant.

(Source: P.A. 93-225, eff. 7-21-03; 94-54, eff. 1-1-06.)