Section 53-12-193. Election of trustees of private foundation or charitable trust to distribute such trust principal as will enable trust to avoid tax liability; filing of written election with Attorney General; form of distribution; revocation of election

   (a) With respect to any trust which is a private foundation or a charitable trust, as defined in Section 4947(a)(1) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, the governing trust instrument of which permits distributions to the extent of the net income of the trust each year but does not permit distributions from trust principal, the trustees of the trust may elect, without judicial proceedings and notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the governing trust instrument of the trust, to distribute in any year, for the purposes specified in the governing trust instrument, that amount from the principal of the trust which, when added to the income of the trust available for distribution during such year, will enable the trust to avoid any liability for the tax imposed by Section 4942 of the federal Internal Revenue Code by filing a written election, which may be a continuing one, with the Attorney General of this state to have this Code section and Code Section 53-12-183 apply to the trust. A distribution from trust principal pursuant to the election shall only be in the form of cash or securities which are either listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges upon any stock exchange or are quoted regularly in any newspaper having a general circulation in this state.

(b) Any election made under subsection (a) of this Code section may be revoked at any time by filing written notice of revocation with the Attorney General of this state.

Code 1981, § 53-12-193, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131.