Tex. Prop. Code § 116.203 · Subchapter E. ALLOCATION OF DISBURSEMENTS DURING ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST
TRANSFERS FROM INCOME TO PRINCIPAL FOR DEPRECIATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "depreciation" means a reduction in value due to wear, tear, decay, corrosion, or gradual obsolescence of a fixed asset having a useful life of more than one year.
(b) A trustee may transfer to principal a reasonable amount of the net cash receipts from a principal asset that is subject to depreciation, but may not transfer any amount for depreciation:
(1) of that portion of real property used or available for use by a beneficiary as a residence or of tangible personal property held or made available for the personal use or enjoyment of a beneficiary;
(2) during the administration of a decedent's estate; or
(3) under this section if the trustee is accounting under Section 116.153 for the business or activity in which the asset is used.
(c) An amount transferred to principal need not be held as a separate fund.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 659, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.116.htm
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