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Tex. Prop. Code § 117.003

PRUDENT INVESTOR RULE

Known as the Uniform Prudent Investor Act

The act spans §§ 117–117 (12 sections).

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), a trustee who invests and manages trust assets owes a duty to the beneficiaries of the trust to comply with the prudent investor rule set forth in this chapter.

(b) The prudent investor rule, a default rule, may be expanded, restricted, eliminated, or otherwise altered by the provisions of a trust. A trustee is not liable to a beneficiary to the extent that the trustee acted in reasonable reliance on the provisions of the trust.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.