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another noncharitable purpose as provided in section 408 or 409 has
the rights of a qualified beneficiary under this Code. if the
charitable organization, on the date the charitable organization's
qualification is being determined:

 
A.__Is a distributee or permissible distributee of trust
income or principal;

 
B.__Would be a distributee or a permissible distributee of
trust income or principal upon the termination of the
interests of other distributees or permissible distributees
then receiving or eligible to receive distributions; or

 
C.__Would be a distributee or permissible distributee of
trust income or principal on that date.

 
A charitable organization whose interest in the trust as a
contingent distributee of the trust income or principal is not
reasonably expected to vest does not have the rights of a
qualified beneficiary.

 
1-A.__Person appointed to enforce trust.__A person appointed
to enforce a trust created for the care of an animal or another
noncharitable purpose as provided in section 408 or 409 has the
rights of a qualified beneficiary under this Code.

 
2. Attorney General. The Attorney General has the rights of
a qualified beneficiary provided in Title 5, section 194 with
respect to a charitable trust having its principal place of
administration in this State, but may not be treated as and does
not have the rights of a qualified beneficiary.

 
REVISED MAINE COMMENT §110

 
Maine has deleted the Uniform Code's subsection (a), which
stated:

 
(a) Whenever notice to qualified beneficiaries of a trust
is required under the UTC, the trustee must also give notice
to any other beneficiary who has sent the trustee a request
for notice.

 
Uniform Code subsections (b) and (c) have been renumbered 1 and 2
respectively in the Maine version. The National UTC Conference
Comments, referring to subsections (a), (b) and (c), refer to the
Uniform Code subsections before they have been re-lettered in the
Maine version and should therefore be read accordingly.

 
Maine has also deleted the Uniform Code's subsection (d)


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