(a) Not later than the 91st day before the effective date of a substitution under Section 274.101, the parties to the substitution agreement shall send notice of the substitution to:
- (1) any other fiduciary;
- (2) each surviving settlor of a trust relating to the fiduciary account;
- (3) each issuer of a security for which the affiliated bank administers the fiduciary account;
- (4) the plan sponsor of each employee benefit plan relating to the fiduciary account;
- (5) the principal of each agency account; and
- (6) the guardian of the person of each ward that has the fiduciary account resulting from a guardianship.
- (b) If the substitution does not cause a change in the situs of administration of a fiduciary account, the parties to the substitution agreement shall also send notice of the substitution to each person who is readily ascertainable as a beneficiary of the account because the person has received account statements or because a parent, conservator, or guardian of a minor beneficiary has received account statements on the minor's behalf.
(c) If the substitution causes a change in the situs of administration of a fiduciary account, the parties to the substitution agreement shall also send notice of the substitution to:
- (1) each adult beneficiary of a trust relating to the account;
- (2) each parent, conservator, or guardian of a minor beneficiary receiving or entitled to receive current distributions of income or principal from the account; and
- (3) each person who individually or jointly has the power to remove the fiduciary being substituted.
- (d) The notice must be sent by United States mail to the person's current address as shown on the fiduciary's records. The fiduciary shall make a reasonable attempt to ascertain the address of a person who does not have an address shown on the fiduciary's records.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.