No corporation or entity shall be a beneficiary of the trust fund unless it either shall be incorporated under the laws of this State or shall have first procured a Certificate of Authority from the Secretary of State, except that a hospital owned and operated by a tax exempt unit of local government and such unit of local government, in relation to and to the extent of its liabilities arising from the ownership or operation of such hospital, may be beneficiaries of the trust fund.
215 ILCS 150/4