California 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Senate Bill SB308 Latest Draft

Bill / Chaptered Version Filed 07/01/2019

                            Senate Bill No. 308 CHAPTER 56 An act to amend Section 45 of the Probate Code, relating to estates and trusts.  [ Approved by  Governor  July 01, 2019.  Filed with  Secretary of State  July 01, 2019. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 308, Jones. Estates and trusts: instrument.Existing law defines instrument for purposes of the Probate Code to mean a will, trust, deed, or other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property. Existing law, the Trust Law, regulates the creation, modification, and termination of trusts and the administration of trusts by trustees on behalf of beneficiaries.This bill would revise the definition of instrument under the Probate Code to mean a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 45 of the Probate Code is amended to read:45. Instrument means a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.

 Senate Bill No. 308 CHAPTER 56 An act to amend Section 45 of the Probate Code, relating to estates and trusts.  [ Approved by  Governor  July 01, 2019.  Filed with  Secretary of State  July 01, 2019. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 308, Jones. Estates and trusts: instrument.Existing law defines instrument for purposes of the Probate Code to mean a will, trust, deed, or other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property. Existing law, the Trust Law, regulates the creation, modification, and termination of trusts and the administration of trusts by trustees on behalf of beneficiaries.This bill would revise the definition of instrument under the Probate Code to mean a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 

 Senate Bill No. 308 CHAPTER 56

 Senate Bill No. 308

 CHAPTER 56

 An act to amend Section 45 of the Probate Code, relating to estates and trusts. 

 [ Approved by  Governor  July 01, 2019.  Filed with  Secretary of State  July 01, 2019. ] 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 308, Jones. Estates and trusts: instrument.

Existing law defines instrument for purposes of the Probate Code to mean a will, trust, deed, or other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property. Existing law, the Trust Law, regulates the creation, modification, and termination of trusts and the administration of trusts by trustees on behalf of beneficiaries.This bill would revise the definition of instrument under the Probate Code to mean a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.

Existing law defines instrument for purposes of the Probate Code to mean a will, trust, deed, or other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property. Existing law, the Trust Law, regulates the creation, modification, and termination of trusts and the administration of trusts by trustees on behalf of beneficiaries.

This bill would revise the definition of instrument under the Probate Code to mean a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 45 of the Probate Code is amended to read:45. Instrument means a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 45 of the Probate Code is amended to read:45. Instrument means a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.

SECTION 1. Section 45 of the Probate Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

45. Instrument means a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.

45. Instrument means a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.

45. Instrument means a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.



45. Instrument means a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.