§ 2A-1 — Purpose

The General Assembly finds that corporate fiduciaries perform a vital service in the custody, safekeeping, and management of physical assets, traditional electronic assets, and emerging digital assets for customers; that it is in the public interest that trust companies may be organized for the special purpose of providing fiduciary custodial services and related services to customers; that the operation of special purpose trust companies is impressed with a public interest such that it should be supervised as an activity under this Act; and that such special purpose trust companies should obtain their authority, conduct their operations, and be supervised as corporate fiduciaries as provided in this Act.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 104-428, eff. 8-18-25.)