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S.C. Code Ann. § 59-153-40

Standards for discharge of duties by trustee or other fiduciary

1999 Act No. 122, SECTION 2.

A trustee or other fiduciary shall discharge duties with respect to an endowment fund:

(1) solely in the interest of the endowment fund and beneficiaries;

(2) for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to his beneficiary and paying reasonable expenses of administering the system;

(3) with the care, skill, and caution under the circumstances then prevailing which a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with those matters would use in the conduct of an activity of like character and purpose;

(4) impartially, taking into account any differing interests of beneficiaries;

(5) incurring only those costs that are appropriate and reasonable; and

(6) in accordance with a good faith interpretation of this chapter.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.