Sec. 113.025. POWERS OF TRUSTEE REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. (a) A trustee or a potential trustee may inspect, investigate, cause to be inspected, or cause to be investigated trust property, property that the trustee or potential trustee has been asked to hold, or property owned or operated by an entity in which the trustee or potential trustee holds or has been asked to hold any interest or for the purpose of determining the potential application of environmental law with respect to the property. This subsection does not grant any person the right of access to any property. The taking of any action under this subsection with respect to a trust or an addition to a trust is not evidence that a person has accepted the trust or the addition to the trust.
(b) A trustee may take on behalf of the trust any action before or after the initiation of an enforcement action or other legal proceeding that the trustee reasonably believes will help to prevent, abate, or otherwise remedy any actual or potential violation of any environmental law affecting property held directly or indirectly by the trustee.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 846, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Texas Trust Code: Creation, Operation, and Termination of Trusts
Subchapter A. Powers of Trustee
Section 113.001. Limitation of Powers
Section 113.002. General Powers
Section 113.004. Additions to Trust Assets
Section 113.005. Acquisition of Undivided Interests
Section 113.006. General Authority to Manage and Invest Trust Property
Section 113.007. Temporary Deposits of Funds
Section 113.008. Business Entities
Section 113.009. Real Property Management
Section 113.010. Sale of Property
Section 113.014. Payment of Taxes
Section 113.015. Authority to Borrow
Section 113.016. Management of Securities
Section 113.017. Corporate Stock or Other Securities Held in Name of Nominee
Section 113.018. Employment and Appointment of Agents
Section 113.020. Burdensome or Worthless Property
Section 113.021. Distribution to Minor or Incapacitated Beneficiary
Section 113.0211. Adjustment of Charitable Trust
Section 113.022. Power to Provide Residence and Pay Funeral Expenses
Section 113.023. Ancillary Trustee
Section 113.024. Implied Powers
Section 113.025. Powers of Trustee Regarding Environmental Laws
Section 113.026. Authority to Designate New Charitable Beneficiary
Section 113.027. Distributions Generally
Section 113.028. Certain Claims and Causes of Action Prohibited
Section 113.029. Discretionary Powers; Tax Savings
Section 113.030. Relocation of Administration of Charitable Trust