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District of Columbia Official Code 2001 Edition. |
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Division V. Local Business Affairs. |
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Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. |
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Subtitle II. Other Commercial Transactions. |
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Chapter 48. Principal and Income; Uniform Law. |
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Subchapter IV. Allocation of Receipts During Administration of Trust. |
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Part C. Receipts Normally Apportioned.
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Current through October 23, 2012
(a) To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from the sale of timber and related products pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate the net receipts:
(1) To income to the extent that the amount of timber removed from the land does not exceed the rate of growth of the timber during the accounting periods in which a beneficiary has a mandatory income interest;
(2) To principal to the extent that the amount of timber removed from the land exceeds the rate of growth of the timber or the net receipts are from the sale of standing timber;
(3) To or between income and principal if the net receipts are from the lease of timberland or from a contract to cut timber from land owned by a trust, by determining the amount of timber removed from the land under the lease or contract and applying the rules in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; or
(4) To principal to the extent that advance payments, bonuses, and other payments are not allocated pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection.
(b) In determining net receipts to be allocated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a trustee shall deduct and transfer to principal a reasonable amount for depletion.
(c) This chapter applies whether or not a decedent or transferor was harvesting timber from the property before it became subject to the trust.
(d) If a trust owns an interest in timberland on the effective date of this chapter, the trustee may allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in this chapter or in the manner used by the trustee before the effective date of this chapter. If the trust acquires an interest in timberland after the effective date of this chapter, the trustee shall allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in this chapter.
(Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-292, § 502(c), 48 DCR 2087.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Legislative History of Laws
For Law 13-292, see notes following § 28-4801.01.
Uniform Law
This section is based upon § 412 of the Uniform Principal and Income Act (1997 Act). See 7B Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition, or ULA Database on Westlaw.