(a) A charitable organization authorized by this chapter shall maintain one (1) or more charitable gift annuity separate accounts for its charitable gift annuities. The assets allocated to any such separate account shall not be used to satisfy any debts of the charitable organization other than those incurred pursuant to the issuance of charitable gift annuities to which the account applies. The assets of the separate account shall at least equal either:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-52-104

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Annuity: means a contract or agreement, both with and without a life or mortality element, to make periodic payments, whether in fixed or variable dollar amounts, or both, at specified intervals. See Tennessee Code 56-52-102
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Charitable gift annuity: means a transfer of cash, securities, annuities or other property by a donor to a charitable organization in return for an annuity issued by a charitable organization. See Tennessee Code 56-52-102
  • Charitable gift annuity separate account: means any segregated account established by a charitable organization to which the organization allocates cash, securities, annuities or other property transferred by a donor to the organization that are to be applied to the terms of a charitable gift annuity issued in connection with the transfer to fund benefits under the charitable gift annuity. See Tennessee Code 56-52-102
  • Charitable organization: means an entity described by:
    (A) Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ( Tennessee Code 56-52-102
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-52-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The total amount of donations for outstanding charitable gift annuities to which the account applies, measured at the time of each annuity donation, later reduced by payments under the annuity and taking into account investment gains and losses; or
(2) One hundred ten percent (110%) of the reserves, calculated in a manner consistent with subsection (b) for charitable gift annuities to which the separate account applies.
(b)

(1) Reserves on the outstanding charitable gift annuities shall not be less than reserves calculated using:

(A) The commissioner‘s annuity reserve valuation method as defined in the charitable organization’s domestic state standard valuation law;
(B) Any mortality table permitted under the charitable organization’s domestic state standard valuation law to be used in determining the minimum standard for the valuation of individual annuities issued during the same calendar year as the charitable gift annuity; and
(C) The maximum interest rate permitted under the charitable organization’s domestic state standard valuation law to be used in determining the minimum standard for the valuation of individual annuities issued during the same calendar year as the charitable gift annuity; or
(2) One hundred ten percent (110%) of reserves determined by using the Annuity 2000 Mortality Table and an interest assumption of five percent (5%), or such other mortality table and interest assumption as may be prescribed from time to time by the commissioner.
(c) Any portion of the charitable gift annuity risk that is insured or reinsured by the charitable organization with an authorized insurer or reinsurer shall be exempt from subsection (a). For this purpose, any annuity contract purchased from an authorized insurer or reinsurer by the charitable organization is considered to be “annuity risk reinsured.”
(d) The general assets of the charitable organization shall be liable for charitable gift annuity agreements to the extent that assets allocated to the charitable gift annuity separate accounts are inadequate.
(e) A charitable organization may, but is not required to, maintain a charitable gift annuity separate account solely applicable to its charitable gift annuities issued to Tennessee annuitants. Any charitable gift annuity separate account maintained pursuant to this subsection (e) shall be subject to the requirements of subsection (a).
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