Allocation of net receipts from sale of timber and related products to income or principal, or both; applicability

1. To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from the sale of timber and related products pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate the net receipts: (a) To income to the extent that the amount of timber removed from the land does not exceed the rate of growth of the timber during the accounting periods in which a beneficiary has a mandatory income interest; (b) To principal to the extent that the amount of timber removed from the land exceeds the rate of growth of timber or the net receipts are from the sale of standing timber; (c) To or between income and principal if the net receipts are from the lease of timberland or from a contract to cut timber from land owned by a trust, by determining the amount of timber removed from the land under the lease of contract and applying the rules in paragraphs (a) and (b); or (d) To principal to the extent that advance payments, bonuses and other payments are not allocated pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c). 2. In determining net receipts to be allocated pursuant to subsection 1, a trustee shall deduct and transfer to principal a reasonable amount for depletion. 3. NRS 164.780 to 164.925, inclusive, apply whether or not a decedent or transferor was harvesting timber from the property before it became subject to the trust. 4. If a trust owns an interest in timberland on October 1, 2003, the trustee may allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in NRS 164.780 to 164.925, inclusive, or in the manner used by the trustee before October 1, 2003. If the trust acquires an interest in timberland after October 1, 2003, the trustee shall allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in NRS 164.780 to 164.925, inclusive.