(a) Except as provided by § 112.056 and Subsection (b) of this section, the governing instrument of a trust that is a private foundation under Section 509, Internal Revenue Code, as amended, a nonexempt charitable trust that is treated as a private foundation under Section 4947(a)(1), Internal Revenue Code, as amended, or, to the extent that Section 508(e), Internal Revenue Code, is applicable to it, a nonexempt split-interest trust under Section 4947(a)(2), Internal Revenue Code, as amended, is considered to contain provisions stating that the trust:
(1) shall make distributions at times and in a manner as not to subject the trust to tax under Section 4942, Internal Revenue Code;
(2) may not engage in an act of self-dealing that would be subject to tax under Section 4941, Internal Revenue Code;
(3) may not retain excess business holdings that would subject it to tax under Section 4943, Internal Revenue Code;
(4) may not make an investment that would subject it to tax under Section 4944, Internal Revenue Code; and
(5) may not make a taxable expenditure that would subject it to tax under Section 4945, Internal Revenue Code.
(b) If a trust was created before January 1, 1970, this section applies to it only for its taxable years that begin on or after January 1, 1972.

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(c) This section applies regardless of any provision in a trust’s governing instrument and regardless of any other law of this state, including the provisions of this title.