(a) In this section, “liquidating asset” means an asset whose value will diminish or terminate because the asset is expected to produce receipts for a period of limited duration. The term includes a leasehold, patent, copyright, royalty right, and right to receive payments under an arrangement that does not provide for the payment of interest on the unpaid balance. The term does not include a payment subject to Section 16361, resources subject to Section 16363, timber subject to Section 16364, an activity subject to Section 16366, an asset subject to Section 16367, or any asset for which the trustee establishes a reserve for depreciation under Section 16372.
(b) A trustee shall allocate to income 10 percent of the receipts from a liquidating asset and the balance to principal.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 145, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2000.)