BILL NUMBER: AB 1646	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gallagher

                        JANUARY 12, 2016

   An act to amend Section 15001 of the Probate Code, relating to
trusts.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1646, as introduced, Gallagher. Trust proceedings.
   The Trust Law governs the regulation of trusts and proceedings
concerning trusts and specifies that its provisions apply to all
proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after July 1, 1987. The
law also applies to proceedings concerning trusts commenced before
July 1, 1987, except under specified circumstances.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 15001 of the Probate Code is amended to read:
   15001.  Except as otherwise provided by statute:
   (a) This division applies to all trusts regardless of whether they
were created before, on, or after July 1, 1987.
   (b) This division applies to all proceedings concerning trusts
 that are  commenced on or after July 1, 1987.
   (c) This division applies to all proceedings concerning trusts
commenced before July 1, 1987,  unless   unless,
 in the opinion of the  court   court,
 application of a particular provision of this division would
substantially interfere with the effective conduct of the proceedings
or the rights of the parties and other interested persons, in which
case the particular provision of this division does not apply and
prior law applies.