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Session Laws, 1994
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S.B. 442

VETOES

(6)      PURSUE AN INVESTMENT STRATEGY THAT CONSIDERS BOTH THE
REASONABLE PRODUCTION OF INCOME AND. SAFETY OF CAPITAL, CONSISTENT
WITH THE FIDUCIARY'S DUTY OF LOYALTY AND IMPARTIALITY AND THE PURPOSES
FOR WHICH THE FIDUCIARY WAS APPOINTED;

(7)      ACT WITH PRUDENCE IN DECIDING WHETHER AND HOW TO
DELEGATE AUTHORITY AND IN THE SELECTION AND SUPERVISION OF AGENTS; AND

(8)      INCUR ONLY COSTS THAT ARE REASONABLE IN AMOUNT AND
APPROPRIATE TO THE INVESTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FIDUCIARY
APPOINTMENT.

(C) A FIDUCIARY'S INVESTMENT DECISIONS SHALL BE JUDGED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS:

(1)      NO SPECIFIC INVESTMENT OR COURSE OF ACTION IS, TAKEN ALONE,
PRUDENT OR IMPRUDENT;

(2)      THE FIDUCIARY MAY EXERCISE REASONABLE BUSINESS JUDGMENT
REGARDING THE ANTICIPATED EFFECT ON THE PORTFOLIO OF FIDUCIARY ASSETS
AS A WHOLE UNDER THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES PREVAILING AT THE TIME OF
THE DECISION OR ACTION;

(3)      THE FIDUCIARY SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR CONTINUING TO
HOLD FIDUCIARY ASSETS EXISTING AT THE TIME THE FIDUCIARY APPOINTMENT
WAS ACCEPTED OR SUBSEQUENTLY ADDED PURSUANT TO PROPER AUTHORITY IF,
AND AS LONG AS, THE FIDUCIARY, IN THE EXERCISE OF GOOD FAITH AND
REASONABLE PRUDENCE, CONSIDERS THE RETENTION TO BE IN THE BEST
INTERESTS OF THE BENEFICIARIES OR IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GOALS OF
THE GOVERNING INSTRUMENT;

(4)      SUBJECT TO ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE
FIDUCIARY MAY RETAIN AS FIDUCIARY ASSETS AN INTEREST IN THE FIDUCIARY, IF
THE FIDUCIARY IS A CORPORATION, OR IN ANY CORPORATION CONTROLLING,
CONTROLLED BY, OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH THE FIDUCIARY; AND

(5)      IN MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION, THE FIDUCIARY MAY
CONSIDER, WITHOUT LIMITATION:

(I)       GENERAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

(II)     THE POSSIBLE EFFECT OF INFLATION;

(III)    THE EXPECTED TAX CONSEQUENCES OF INVESTMENT
DECISIONS OR STRATEGIES;

(IV)    THE ROLE EACH INVESTMENT OR COURSE OF ACTION PLAYS
WITHIN THE INVESTMENT OF THE PORTFOLIO OF FIDUCIARY ASSETS AS A WHOLE;

(V)     THE EXPECTED TOTAL RETURN OF THE INVESTMENT
INCLUDING BOTH INCOME YIELD AND APPRECIATION OF CAPITAL;

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