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requirements of subsection (d) do not render ineffective a durable | power of attorney validly executed prior to July 1, 2005 in | accordance with this section. |
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| | Sec. 2. 18-B MRSA §103, sub-§1-A is enacted to read: |
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| | 1-A.__Ascertainable standard.__"Ascertainable standard" means | an ascertainable standard relating to an individual's health, | education, support or maintenance within the meaning of Section | 2041(b)(1)(A) or Section 2514(c)(1) of the federal Internal | Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on July 1, 2005. |
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| | Sec. 3. 18-B MRSA §103, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 618, Pt. A, | §1 and affected by §2, is amended to read: |
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| | 10. Power of withdrawal. "Power of withdrawal" means a | presently exercisable general power of appointment other than a | power exercisable by a trustee that is limited by an | ascertainable standard, or exercisable by another person only | upon consent of the trustee or a person holding an adverse | interest. |
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| | Sec. 4. 18-B MRSA §103, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 618, Pt. A, | §1 and affected by §2, is amended to read: |
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| | 12. Qualified beneficiary. "Qualified beneficiary" means a | living beneficiary who on the date the beneficiary's | qualification is determined: |
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| A. Is a distributee or permissible distributee of trust | income or principal; |
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| B. Would be a distributee or permissible distributee of | trust income or principal if the interests of the | distributees described in paragraph A terminated on that | date, but the termination of those interests would not cause | the trust to terminate; or |
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| C. Would be a distributee or permissible distributee of | trust income or principal if the trust terminated on that | date. |
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| "Qualified beneficiary" does not include a contingent distributee | or a contingent permissible distributee of trust income or | principal whose interest in the trust is not reasonably expected | to vest. |
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| | Sec. 5. 18-B MRSA §105, sub-§2, ¶¶H and I, as enacted by PL 2003, c. | 618, Pt. A, §1 and affected by §2, are amended to read: |
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