18. Liquidating Asset. a. As used in this section, “liquidating asset” means an asset whose value will diminish or terminate because the asset is expected to produce receipts for a period of limited duration. The term includes a leasehold, patent, copyright, royalty right and right to receive payments during a period of more than one year under an arrangement that does not provide for the payment of interest on the unpaid balance. The term does not include a payment subject to section 17 of this act, resources subject to section 19 of this act, timber subject to section 20 of this act, an activity subject to section 22 of this act, an asset subject to section 23 of this act, or any asset for which the trustee establishes a reserve for depreciation under section 26 of this act.

b. A trustee shall allocate to income 10 percent of the receipts from a liquidating asset and the balance to principal.

L.2001,c.212,s.18.