The Director of Agriculture of the State of Illinois is hereby designated as the state official of Illinois to make application to and receive from the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or any other proper federal official, pursuant and subject to the provisions of Public Law 499, 81st Congress, approved May 3, 1950, the trust assets, either funds or property, held by the United States as trustee in behalf of the Illinois Rural Rehabilitation Corporation.
20 ILCS 220/1