Sec. 121.052. PAYMENT OF DEATH BENEFIT TO TRUSTEE. (a) A death benefit is payable to a trustee of a trust evidenced by a written instrument or declaration existing on the date of an employee's or participant's death, or to a trustee named or to be named as trustee of a trust created under an employee's or participant's will, if the trustee is designated as beneficiary under the plan containing the employees' trust or under the retirement account. (b) A trustee of a testamentary trust may be designated under Subsection (a) prior to the execution of the will. (c) A death benefit under a will is not payable until the will is probated. (d) The trustee shall hold, administer, and dispose of a death benefit payable under this section in accordance with the terms of the trust on the date of the employee's death. (e) A death benefit is payable to a trustee of a trust created by the will of a person other than the employee if: (1) the will has been probated at the time of the employee's death; and (2) the death benefit is payable to the trustee to be held, administered, and disposed of in accordance with the terms of the testamentary trust.
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