1998 Florida Code
TITLE XLII ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 738 Principal And Income  
738.12   Underproductive property.

1738.12  Underproductive property.--

(1)(a)  If the total principal of a trust does not in any year yield a net income of at least 3 percent of its market value (including as income the value of any beneficial use of the property by the income beneficiary), the trustee shall pay to the income beneficiary an amount equal to the excess of 3 percent of the value of the principal, based upon the market value at the beginning of the calendar year, over the trust income paid to the income beneficiary in that year. This amount shall be paid to the income beneficiary using the first principal cash available.

(b)  In the event of a termination or initiation of a trust, or the termination of a beneficial income interest of a trust, for a period of less than 12 months, the amount to be paid to the income beneficiary shall be prorated proportionately with the length of the time of his or her interest in the trust and in accordance with s. 738.03.

(c)  For purposes of this subsection, a beneficiary is considered to be an income beneficiary only if the trust instrument is irrevocable and requires that the net income from the trust be paid to the beneficiary. Payment under this subsection may not be made to a beneficiary who may receive trust income only in the discretion of the trustee.

(2)  Upon the sale of the property the income beneficiary shall not be entitled to any portion of the proceeds of sale, except that any amount determined in subsection (1) that remains unpaid at the time of sale shall be paid therefrom.

History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 16, ch. 75-221; s. 6, ch. 77-254; s. 17, ch. 93-257; s. 1054, ch. 97-102; s. 10, ch. 97-240.

1Note.--Section 14, ch. 97-240, provides that "section 10 of this act shall take effect upon becoming law and shall be applicable to all trusts, whenever executed."

Note.--Created from former s. 690.12.