Interest earned on trust funds shall be available for expenditure according to the following priority:

(1) to pay the reasonable trustee expenses of administering the trust within a maximum amount established by rule;

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Terms Used In Utah Code 58-9-704

  • Buyer: means a person who purchases a preneed funeral arrangement. See Utah Code 58-9-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Person: means :
         (24)(a) an individual;
         (24)(b) an association;
         (24)(c) an institution;
         (24)(d) a corporation;
         (24)(e) a company;
         (24)(f) a trust;
         (24)(g) a limited liability company;
         (24)(h) a partnership;
         (24)(i) a political subdivision;
         (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
         (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes :
         (25)(a) money;
         (25)(b) goods;
         (25)(c) chattels;
         (25)(d) effects;
         (25)(e) evidences of a right in action;
         (25)(f) a written instrument by which a pecuniary obligation, right, or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged, or diminished; and
         (25)(g) a right or interest in an item described in Subsections (25)(a) through (f). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Preneed funeral arrangement: means a written or oral agreement sold in advance of the death of the beneficiary under which a person agrees with a buyer to provide at the death of the beneficiary any of the following as are typically provided in connection with a disposition:
              (26)(a)(i) goods;
              (26)(a)(ii) services, including:
                   (26)(a)(ii)(A) embalming services; and
                   (26)(a)(ii)(B) funeral directing services;
              (26)(a)(iii) real property; or
              (26)(a)(iv) personal property, including:
                   (26)(a)(iv)(A) a casket;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(B) another primary container;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(C) a cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or transportation container;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(D) an outer burial container;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(E) a vault;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(F) a grave liner;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(G) funeral clothing and accessories;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(H) a monument;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(I) a grave marker; and
                   (26)(a)(iv)(J) a cremation or alkaline hydrolysis urn. See Utah Code 58-9-102
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) to pay within a maximum amount established by rule under Section 58-9-504 the reasonable provider expenses associated with:

     (2)(a) the sale of the plan;
     (2)(b) administering the collection, remittance, and accounting of the amount of payments made into the corpus of the trust; and
     (2)(c) reporting required with respect to those contracts:

          (2)(c)(i) that have been sold; and
          (2)(c)(ii) under which the provider is obligated;
(3) to pay the costs of providing any of the following for which the provider is obligated under a specific outstanding preneed funeral arrangement contract:

     (3)(a) personal property; and
     (3)(b) services at need; and
(4) to pay the provider available funds left in the individual trust account after:

     (4)(a) all costs of providing personal property and services for which the provider is obligated under the contract underlying the trust; or
     (4)(b)

          (4)(b)(i) the contract is canceled as provided under this chapter; and
          (4)(b)(ii) all amounts payable to the buyer, beneficiary, or any other person have been paid in full.