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y other states. The ULC provided us with summaries of the legislation<br />

adopted by other states showing how each state’s legislation differed from<br />

the UTC.<br />

5. Our committee initially met quarterly to review the findings of each separate<br />

study group. In 2010, we began to meet monthly in preparation to submit our<br />

recommendations to the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau for<br />

drafting. Our initial draft was submitted in 2010 and we are currently<br />

preparing comments on LRB draft #3. We expect draft #4 will be bill ready.<br />

6. We expect draft #4 will be prepared after the Wisconsin 2013 budget bill is<br />

enacted. Passage of the budget bill is expected before the start of the next<br />

Wisconsin fiscal year (July 1, 2013.) This means draft #4 should be<br />

completed by August 1, 2013. Once completed and reviewed one final time,<br />

a bill be created and introduced to the Wisconsin legislature during its fall<br />

session. Committee hearings on the bill will be scheduled for the fall<br />

session, with a vote by the legislature most likely in the winter/spring<br />

legislature session in 2014. We anticipate an effective date that will be the<br />

first day of the seventh month following the date of enactment.<br />

B. Significant Wisconsin changes to the UTC.<br />

1. The Wisconsin code will address the concept of a directed trust.<br />

a. Directing party is a person who is granted a power to direct a trustee’s<br />

investment or distribution decisions.<br />

b. Directed trust property is all or a portion of trust property that is invested<br />

or managed by a directing party and for which the trustee has no<br />

investment or management responsibility.<br />

2. We introduce the concept of a trust protector. A trust protector is a person<br />

who is granted a power over the trust in a capacity other than as a trustee or a<br />

directing party.<br />

3. Wisconsin will permit “silent trusts” by removing the mandatory rule that a<br />

trustee inform a qualified beneficiary of the existence of the trust.<br />

4. We codified the rule that the law of the principal place of administration<br />

governs administration matters. Administration matters include the duties and<br />

powers of a trustee.<br />

5. We expanded the application of nonjudicial settlement agreements to address<br />

multiple issues, including the approval of investment actions and the<br />

appointment of directing parties and trust protectors.<br />

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