(a) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing instrument of the statutory trust, a beneficial owner shall have an undivided beneficial interest in the property of the statutory trust and shall share in the profits and losses of the statutory trust in the proportion, expressed as a percentage, of the entire undivided beneficial interest in the statutory trust owned by such beneficial owner. The governing instrument of a statutory trust may provide that the statutory trust or the trustees, acting for and on behalf of the statutory trust, shall be deemed to hold beneficial ownership of any income earned on securities of the statutory trust issued by any business entities formed, organized or existing under the laws of any jurisdiction, including the laws of any foreign country.
(b) No creditor of a beneficial owner shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of the statutory trust.
(c) A beneficial owner's beneficial interest in the statutory trust is personal property notwithstanding the nature of the property of the trust. Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing instrument of a statutory trust, a beneficial owner has no interest in specific statutory trust property.
(d) A beneficial owner's beneficial interest in the statutory trust is freely transferable except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing instrument of the statutory trust.
(e) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing instrument of a statutory trust, at the time a beneficial owner becomes entitled to receive a distribution, he has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the statutory trust with respect to the distribution. A governing instrument may provide for the establishment of record dates with respect to allocations and distributions by a statutory trust.
(P.A. 96-271, S. 225, 254.)
History: P.A. 96-271 effective October 1, 1997.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 615 - Statutory Trusts
Section 34-500. - Short title: Connecticut Statutory Trust Act.
Section 34-501. - Definitions.
Section 34-502a. - Purposes of statutory trust.
Section 34-502b. - Powers and liabilities of statutory trust.
Section 34-503. - Certificate of trust. Filing of documents.
Section 34-504. - Execution of certificates.
Section 34-505. - Effective time and date of certificate.
Section 34-506. - Name of statutory trust. Reservation of name.
Section 34-507. - Appointment of statutory agent for service of process.
Section 34-508. - Service of process.
Section 34-509. - Fees payable to the Secretary of the State.
Section 34-515. - Contributions by beneficial owners.
Section 34-516. - Rights of beneficial owners in property of statutory trust.
Section 34-517. - Management of statutory trust.
Section 34-518. - Existence of statutory trust.
Section 34-519. - Applicability of laws pertaining to trusts. Classification for taxation purposes.
Section 34-520. - Applicability of law re foreign corporation acting as trustee.
Section 34-521. - Merger or consolidation.
Section 34-522. - Derivative actions.
Section 34-523. - Liability of beneficial owners, trustees, officers, employees and managers.
Section 34-524. - Indemnification.
Section 34-530. - Governing law.
Section 34-531. - Registration with Secretary of the State.
Section 34-532. - Appointment of agent for service of process.
Section 34-533. - Service of process on statutory agent.
Section 34-534. - Issuance of registration.
Section 34-536. - Amendment of application for registration.
Section 34-537. - Cancellation of registration.
Section 34-538. - Revocation of certificate of registration.
Section 34-539. - Transaction of business without registration.
Section 34-540. - Activities not constituting transacting business in this state.
Section 34-541. - Action by Attorney General.
Section 34-545. - Reservation of power to amend or repeal.