Section 16. There shall be a teachers' retirement board for the purpose of administering the teachers' retirement system established under the provisions of chapter 32. Such board shall consist of seven members as follows: the commissioner of education, or his designee, who shall be a member ex officio and who shall serve as chairman, the state treasurer, or his designee, the state auditor, or his designee, a fourth member who shall be appointed by the governor for a term of four years and who shall be a retired former public school teacher within the commonwealth, two members who shall be elected by the members in or retired from service of such system from among their number in such manner and for such term, not exceeding four years, as the commission shall determine, and a seventh member who shall be chosen by the other six for a term of four years. Future elections of the fifth and sixth members shall be held under the supervision of such retirement board and the terms of the fifth and sixth members shall be arranged so as not to expire in the year of expiration of the term of the seventh member. If a seventh member is not chosen by the other six members within 30 days after the expiration of the term of the seventh member, the governor shall appoint a seventh member for a term of four years. Each member of such retirement board shall continue to hold office until the expiration of his term and until the qualification of his successor. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any elected, chosen or appointed member or in case of a vacancy in either of said offices, a successor shall be elected, chosen or appointed as aforesaid for a four-year term or for the unexpired portion thereof, as the case may be, except that in no event shall the term of the seventh member expire in the same year as the term of either the fifth or sixth member.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 15 - Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Section 1 - Department; Supervision of Commissioner
Section 11/2 - Applicability of Sec. 2 of Chapter 70 to This Chapter
Section 1f - Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education; Appointment; Duties; Salary
Section 1g - Advisory Councils to Board; Membership; Duties
Section 1j - Judicial Review of Board's Recommendations or Revised Plans; Jurisdiction
Section 1r - School Library and Nonprint Media Services; Funding
Section 15b - Library Center for Visually-Handicapped Children
Section 16 - Teachers' Retirement Board; Establishment; Duties; Membership
Section 17 - Member's Reimbursement for Expenses
Section 18 - Executive Director; Salary; Additional Employees
Section 18a - Purchase of Annuities or Other Investments
Section 55a - Office of School and District Accountability
Section 57 - Instructional Materials Grant Program
Section 58 - Leadership Academy; Training for School Principals and Supervisory Personnel
Section 60 - Reimbursement of Costs to Cities and Towns
Section 63 - Carnegie School Grant Program; Establishment
Section 64 - Carnegie School Grant Program; Definitions
Section 65 - Carnegie School Grant Awards; Application; Approval; Deposit of Funds