00. Each accounting shall include the initial amount of $3,200.00, plus the designated beneficiary’s pro rata share of total net earnings from investments of sums held in the Trust. (b) A designated beneficiary shall become eligible to receive the total sum of the accounting under subsection (a) of this section upon the designated beneficiary’s 18th birthday and completion of a financial coaching requirement as prescribed by the Treasurer. The sum shall only be used for eligible expenditures. (c) The Treasurer shall create a financial coaching program and materials designed to educate designated beneficiaries and others about the permissible use of funds available under this chapter. (d) A designated beneficiary, or the designated beneficiary’s authorized representative in the case of a designated beneficiary unable to make a claim due to disability, may submit a claim for accounting until the designated beneficiary’s 30th birthday, provided the designated beneficiary is a resident of the State at the ary unable to make a claim due to disability, may submit a claim for accounting until the designated beneficiary’s 30th birthday, provided the designated beneficiary is a resident of the State at the time of the claim. If a designated beneficiary dies before submitting a valid claim or fails to submit a valid claim before the designated beneficiary’s 30th birthday, the designated beneficiary’s accounting shall be credited back to the assets of the Trust. (e) The Treasurer shall adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 to carry out the purposes of this section, including prescribing the process for submitting a valid claim for accounting. (Added 2023, No. 184 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. July 1, 2024.)
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