82R7089 AJA-D By: Phillips H.B. No. 1813 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a beneficiary or interested person for the purposes of the Texas Trust Code. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 111.004(2) and (7), Property Code, are amended to read as follows: (2) "Beneficiary" means a person for whose benefit property is held in trust, regardless of the nature of the interest. The term includes a person whose right to benefit from the trust is contingent, regardless of whether the right to benefit from the trust is presently vested. (7) "Interested person" means a trustee, a beneficiary, including a beneficiary whose right to benefit from the trust is contingent, regardless of whether the right to benefit from the trust is presently vested, or any other person having an interest in or a claim against the trust or any person who is affected by the administration of the trust. Whether a person, excluding a trustee or named beneficiary, is an interested person may vary from time to time and must be determined according to the particular purposes of and matter involved in any proceeding. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.