215 ILCS 5/538.7

(215 ILCS 5/538.7) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.88-7)

Sec. 538.7. (a) The Fund may perform such other acts as are necessary or proper to effectuate the purposes of this Article.

(b) The Fund may contract with the Office of Special Deputy Receiver or any other person or organizations authorized by law to carry out the duties of the Director in her or his capacity as a receiver under Article XIII of this Code. The power of the Fund to contract with these persons or entities includes, but is not limited to, providing consulting services and claims administration services that assist with these persons or entities in the performance of their respective statutory and legal functions provided by law. The Fund may only exercise the authority to contract pursuant to this subsection upon the board of director's written determination that the provisioning of such services will advance the purposes set forth in Section 532. Any contract the Fund may enter into to provide services pursuant to this subsection shall be subordinate and subject to the Fund's statutory obligations to timely pay covered claims and avoid financial loss to claimants or policyholders described in this Article.

This subsection (b) is inoperative 5 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 102-396, eff. 8-16-21.)