3B:31-29. Modification or Termination of Charitable Trust (Cy Pres).

3B:31-29. Modification or Termination of Charitable Trust (Cy Pres). 

a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. of this section, if a particular charitable purpose becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve, or wasteful: 

(1) the trust does not fail, in whole or in part;
(2) the trust property does not revert to the settlor or the settlor's estate; and
(3) the court may modify or terminate the trust by directing that the trust property be applied 

or distributed, in whole or in part, in a manner consistent with the settlor's charitable purposes.
b. A provision in the terms of a charitable trust that would result in distribution of the trust property to a noncharitable beneficiary prevails over the power of the court under subsection a. 

of this section.