Illinois § 6

§ 6.

The Agency shall have the following powers: (a) To establish application fees and prescribe application, notification, contract and insurance forms, rules and regulations it deems necessary or appropriate; (b) To insure and make advance commitments to insure all or any part of the payments required on qualified mortgages upon such terms and conditions as the Agency may prescribe in accordance with this Act. Such insurance provided by the Agency shall be payable solely and only from the Mortgage Insurance Fund created by Section 5 and shall not constitute a debt or pledge of the full faith and credit of the State or any political subdivision thereof; the Agency shall not insure or make advance commitments to insure payments if the balance of the Mortgage Insurance Fund is less than $5,000,000; (c) To enter into commitments to insure qualified mortgages and contracts of mortgage insurance and to fulfill its obligations and enforce its rights under any insurance so furnished as provided in this Act and such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Agency; (d) To foreclose any mortgage in default or commence any action to protect or enforce any rights conferred upon the Agency; (e) To hold, manage, administer, lease or sell any property conveyed to or acquired by the Agency; (f) To charge reasonable fees to defray the cost of issuing mortgage insurance in such amounts at such times as the Agency shall determine; (g) To hire and retain such employees, financial advisors, real estate experts, accountants, appraisers and attorneys as may be required by the Agency, to determine their qualifications, to define their duties and to fix their compensation which may be paid from monies on deposit in the Mortgage Insurance Fund and earnings thereon, all notwithstanding the provisions of any other law; and (h) To exercise such other powers as are necessary or incidental to the foregoing. (Source: P.A. 83-1392.)