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IN HB1331
Bill
Status
3/21/2016
Primary Sponsor
Milo Smith
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AI Summary
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Designates Indiana Code Chapter 30-2-12 as the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, effective July 1, 2016
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Permits donors to provide prior written consent allowing institutions to release or modify restrictions or charitable purposes in gift instruments
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Increases the threshold for institutions to release or modify restrictions without court approval from $25,000 to $250,000 for funds established more than 20 years earlier
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Requires institutions to notify the Indiana Attorney General when determining a restriction is unlawful, impracticable, impossible, or wasteful, with the Attorney General having 60 days to object before modification is permitted
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Allows institutions to petition courts to modify fund restrictions or charitable purposes when they become impracticable, wasteful, unlawful, impossible, or when unanticipated circumstances warrant modification
Legislative Description
Management of institutional funds. Provides that a chapter in the Indiana Code may be cited as the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA). Makes the following changes to the UPMIFA: (1) Allows a donor to give an institution prior consent for release or modification of a restriction or charitable purpose in a gift instrument. (2) Allows an institution to release or modify a restriction in a fund established more than 20 years ago without court approval, if the value of an institutional fund is less than $250,000. (Under current law, the institutional fund must be less than $25,000.)
Last Action
Public Law 85
3/21/2016