§44-6A-1. Short Title
This article may be cited as the "Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act".
This article may be cited as the "Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act".
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
In this article: (1) "Charitable purpose" means the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, the promotion of health, the promotion of a governmental purpose, or any other purpose the achievement of which is beneficial to the community.
(a) Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in a gift instrument, an institution, in managing and investing an institutional fund, shall consider the charitable purposes of the institution and the purposes of the institutional fund. (b) In addition to complying with the duty of loyalty imposed by law other than this article, each […]
(a) Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in the gift instrument, an institution may appropriate for expenditure or accumulate so much of an endowment fund as the institution determines is prudent for the uses, benefits, purposes, and duration for which the endowment fund is established. This section does not limit the authority of […]
(a) Subject to any specific limitation set forth in a gift instrument or in law other than this article, an institution may delegate to an external agent the management and investment of an institutional fund to the extent that an institution could prudently delegate under the circumstances. An institution shall act in good faith, with […]
Without limiting the options otherwise available to an institution under applicable law, a restriction on the management, investment, purpose or other provision of a gift to an institutional fund may be released or modified in any one or more of the following ways: (1) If the donor consents in a record, an institution may release […]
Compliance with this article is determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time a decision is made or action is taken, and not by hindsight.
This article applies to institutional funds existing on or established after the effective date of this article. As applied to institutional funds existing on the effective date of this article, this article governs only decisions made or actions taken on or after that date.
This article modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U. S. C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101 of that act, 15 U. S. C. Section 7001(a), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103 of […]