§ 7503. Application of chapter.

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(a)General rule.-- This chapter shall apply to:

(1)Any trust created under a governing instrument executed on or after March 21, 1999, unless the governing instrument expressly provides that this chapter does not apply.

(2)Any trust created under a governing instrument executed before March 21, 1999, unless all interested parties affirmatively elect on or before December 21, 2001, by a written declaration signed by or on behalf of each interested party and delivered to the trustee, not to be subject to the application of this chapter. In the case of a testamentary trust, the declarations shall be filed with the register in the county in which the will was admitted to probate.

(b)Exclusion.-- This chapter shall not apply to:

(1)Any trust during the time that the trust is revocable or amendable by its settlor.

(2)A spouse of a decedent or settlor where the spouse is the trustee of a testamentary or inter vivos trust for which a marital deduction has been allowed.

(3)(Deleted by amendment).

(4)A trust under a governing instrument that by specific reference expressly rejects the application of this chapter.

(5)(Deleted by amendment).

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(July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, eff. 60 days)

2006 Amendment. Act 98 amended subsec. (b).

Cross References. Section 7503 is referred to in section 7502 of this title.

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