(765 ILCS 305/3) (from Ch. 30, par. 193)
Sec. 3.
Definitions and Terms.
As used in this Act unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Trust" means any trust created by any written instrument,
including, without limitation, a trust created by the exercise of a
power of appointment.
(a‑5) "Qualified perpetual trust" means any trust
created by any written instrument executed on or after January 1, 1998,
including an amendment to an instrument in existence prior to that date and the
exercise of a power of appointment granted by an instrument executed or amended
on or after that date:
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trust, the rule against perpetuities does not apply; and
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(ii) the power of the trustee (or other person to
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whom the power is properly granted or delegated) to sell property of which is not limited by the governing trust instrument or any provision of law for any period of time beyond the period of the rule against perpetuities.
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(b) "Trustee" includes the original trustee of any trust and also any
succeeding or added trustee.
(c) "Instrument" means any writing pursuant to which any legal or
equitable interest in property or in the income therefrom is affected,
disposed of or created.
(d) "Beneficiary" includes any person to whom any interest, whether
vested or contingent, is given by an instrument.
(e) Any reference in this Act to income to be "paid" or to income
"payments" or to "receiving" income includes income payable or
distributable to or applicable for the benefit of a beneficiary.
(f) Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and
neuter, and words importing the singular number include the plural and
words importing the plural number include the singular.
(Source: P.A. 90‑472, eff. 8‑17‑97; 90‑796, eff. 12‑15‑98.)
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(765 ILCS 305/4) (from Ch. 30, par. 194)
Sec. 4.
Application
of the Rule Against Perpetuities.
(a) The rule against perpetuities shall not apply:
(1) to any disposition of property or interest |
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therein which, at the effective date of this Act, does not violate, or is exempted by statute from the operation of, the common law rule against perpetuities;
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(2) to powers of a trustee to sell, lease or
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mortgage property or to powers which relate to the administration or management of trust assets, including, without limitation, discretionary powers of a trustee to determine what receipts constitute principal and what receipts constitute income and powers to appoint a successor trustee;
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(3) to mandatory powers of a trustee to distribute
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income, or to discretionary powers of a trustee to distribute principal prior to termination of a trust, to a beneficiary having an interest in the principal which is irrevocably vested in quality and quantity;
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(4) to discretionary powers of a trustee to allocate
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income and principal among beneficiaries, but no exercise of any such power after the expiration of the period of the rule against perpetuities is valid;
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(5) to leases to commence in the future or upon the
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happening of a future event, but no such lease shall be valid unless the term thereof actually commences in possession within 40 years from the date of execution of the lease;
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(6) to commitments (A) by a lessor to enter into a
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lease with a subtenant or with the holder of a leasehold mortgage or (B) by a lessee or sublessee to enter into a lease with the holder of a mortgage;
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(7) to options in gross or to preemptive rights in
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the nature of a right of first refusal, but no option in gross shall be valid for more than 40 years from the date of its creation; or
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(8) to qualified perpetual trusts as defined in
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(b) The period of the rule against perpetuities shall not commence to
run in connection with any disposition of property or interest therein, and
no instrument shall be regarded as becoming effective for purposes of the
rule against perpetuities, and no interest or power shall be deemed to be
created for purposes of the rule against perpetuities as long as, by the
terms of the instrument, the maker of the instrument has the power to
revoke the instrument or to transfer or direct to be transferred to himself
the entire legal and equitable ownership of the property or interest
therein.
(c) In determining whether an interest violates the rule against
perpetuities:
(1) it shall be presumed (A) that the interest was
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intended to be valid, (B) in the case of an interest conditioned upon the probate of a will, the appointment of an executor, administrator or trustee, the completion of the administration of an estate, the payment of debts, the sale or distribution of property, the determination of federal or state tax liabilities or the happening of any administrative contingency, that the contingency must occur, if at all, within the period of the rule against perpetuities, and (C) where the instrument creates an interest in the "widow", "widower", or "spouse" of another person, that the maker of the instrument intended to refer to a person who was living at the date that the period of the rule against perpetuities commences to run;
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(2) where any interest, but for this subparagraph
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(c) (2), would be invalid because it is made to depend upon any person attaining or failing to attain an age in excess of 21 years, the age specified shall be reduced to 21 years as to every person to whom the age contingency applies;
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(3) if, notwithstanding the provisions of
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subparagraphs (c) (1) and (2) of this Section, the validity of any interest depends upon the possibility of the birth or adoption of a child, (A) no person shall be deemed capable of having a child until he has attained the age of 13 years, (B) any person who has attained the age of 65 years shall be deemed incapable of having a child, (C) evidence shall be admissible as to the incapacity of having a child by a living person who has not attained the age of 65 years, and (D) the possibility of having a child or more remote descendant by adoption shall be disregarded.
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(d) Subparagraphs (a) (2), (3) and (6) and paragraph (b) of this Section
shall be deemed to be declaratory of the law prevailing in this State at
the effective date of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 90‑472, eff. 8‑17‑97; 90‑796, eff. 12‑15‑98.)
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(765 ILCS 305/5) (from Ch. 30, par. 195)
Sec. 5.
Trusts.
(a) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (e) and (f) of this
Section a trust containing any limitation which, but for this paragraph
(a), would violate the rule against perpetuities (as modified by Section 4)
shall terminate at the expiration of a period of (A) 21 years after the
death of the last to die of all of the beneficiaries of the instrument who
were living at the date when the period of the rule against perpetuities
commenced to run or (B) 21 years after that date if no beneficiary of the
instrument was then living, unless events occur which cause an earlier
termination in accordance with the terms of the instrument and then the
principal shall be distributed as provided by the instrument.
(b) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of this
Section when a trust terminates because of the application of paragraph
(a) of this Section, the trustee shall distribute the principal to those
persons who would be the heirs at law of the maker of the instrument if he
died at the expiration of the period specified in paragraph (a) of this
Section and in the proportions then specified by statute, unless the trust
was created by the exercise of a power of appointment and then the
principal shall be distributed to the person who would have received it if
the power had not been exercised.
(c) Before any distribution of principal is made pursuant to paragraph
(b) of this Section, the trustee shall distribute, out of principal, to
each living beneficiary who, but for termination of the trust because of
the application of paragraph (a) of this Section, would have been entitled
to be paid income after the expiration of the period specified in paragraph
(a) of this Section, an amount equal to the present value (determined as
provided in paragraph (d) of this Section of the income which the
beneficiary would have been entitled to be paid after the expiration of
that period.
(d) In determining the present value of income for purposes of any
distribution to a beneficiary pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section:
(1) when income payments would have been subject in whole or in part to
any discretionary power, it shall be assumed (A) that the income which
would have been paid to an individual income beneficiary would have been
the maximum amount of income which could have been paid to him in the
exercise of the power, (B) if the income would or might have been payable
to more than one beneficiary, that (except as hereinafter provided) each
beneficiary would have received an equal share of the income, unless the
instrument specifies less than an equal share as the maximum amount or
proportion of income which would have been paid to any beneficiary in the
exercise of the power, in which event the maximum specified shall control,
and (C) if the income would or might have been payable to the descendants
of the maker of the instrument or of another person, that, unless the
instrument provides otherwise, the descendants would have received the
income per stirpes;
(2) (A) present value shall be computed on an actuarial basis and there
shall be assumed a return of 5%, at simple interest, on the value of the
principal from which the beneficiary would have been entitled to receive
income, and (B) where the interest in income was to be for the life of the
beneficiary or for the life of another, the computation shall be made on
the expectancy set forth in the most recently published American Experience
Tables of Mortality and no other evidence of duration or expectancy shall
be considered;
(3) if the trustee cannot determine the present value of any income
interest in accordance with the provisions of the instrument and the
foregoing rules concerning income payments, the present value of the
interest shall be deemed to be zero.
(e) This Section applies only when a trust would violate the rule
against perpetuities as modified by Section 4 and does not apply to any
trust which would have been valid apart from this Act.
(f) This Section does not apply when a trust violates the rule against
perpetuities because the trust estate may not vest in the trustee within
the period of the rule.
(Source: P. A. 76‑1428.)
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