Kentucky Statutes 386.484 – Receipts from minerals, water, and other natural resources
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(1) To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from an interest in minerals or other natural resources pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate them as follows:
(a) If received as nominal delay rental or nominal annual rent on a lease, a receipt shall be allocated to income;
(b) If received from a production payment, a receipt shall be allocated to income if and to the extent that the agreement creating the production payment provides a factor for interest or its equivalent. The balance shall be allocated to principal;
(c) If an amount received as a royalty, shut-in-well payment, take-or-pay payment, bonus, or delay rental is more than nominal, ninety percent (90%) shall be allocated to principal and the balance to income; or
(d) If an amount is received from a working interest or any other interest not provided for in paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of this subsection, ninety percent (90%) of the net amount received shall be allocated to principal and the balance to income.
(2) An amount received on account of an interest in water that is renewable shall be allocated to income. If the water is not renewable, ninety percent (90%) of the amount shall be allocated to principal and the balance to income.
(3) KRS § 386.450 to KRS § 386.504 apply whether or not a decedent or donor was extracting minerals, water, or other natural resources before the interest became subject to the trust.
(4) If a trust owns an interest in minerals, water, or other natural resources on January
1, 2005, the trustee may allocate receipts from the interest as provided in KRS
386.450 to 386.504 or in the manner used by the trustee before January 1, 2005. If the trust acquires an interest in minerals, water, or other natural resources after January 1, 2005, the trustee shall allocate receipts from the interest as provided in KRS § 386.450 to KRS § 386.504.
(5) The proceeds from any disposition of an interest specified in this section shall be allocated in the same manner as receipts from the interest.
Effective: January 1, 2005
History: Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 18, effective January 1, 2005.
(a) If received as nominal delay rental or nominal annual rent on a lease, a receipt shall be allocated to income;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 386.484
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) If received from a production payment, a receipt shall be allocated to income if and to the extent that the agreement creating the production payment provides a factor for interest or its equivalent. The balance shall be allocated to principal;
(c) If an amount received as a royalty, shut-in-well payment, take-or-pay payment, bonus, or delay rental is more than nominal, ninety percent (90%) shall be allocated to principal and the balance to income; or
(d) If an amount is received from a working interest or any other interest not provided for in paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of this subsection, ninety percent (90%) of the net amount received shall be allocated to principal and the balance to income.
(2) An amount received on account of an interest in water that is renewable shall be allocated to income. If the water is not renewable, ninety percent (90%) of the amount shall be allocated to principal and the balance to income.
(3) KRS § 386.450 to KRS § 386.504 apply whether or not a decedent or donor was extracting minerals, water, or other natural resources before the interest became subject to the trust.
(4) If a trust owns an interest in minerals, water, or other natural resources on January
1, 2005, the trustee may allocate receipts from the interest as provided in KRS
386.450 to 386.504 or in the manner used by the trustee before January 1, 2005. If the trust acquires an interest in minerals, water, or other natural resources after January 1, 2005, the trustee shall allocate receipts from the interest as provided in KRS § 386.450 to KRS § 386.504.
(5) The proceeds from any disposition of an interest specified in this section shall be allocated in the same manner as receipts from the interest.
Effective: January 1, 2005
History: Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 18, effective January 1, 2005.