{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-32-59","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 59","heading":"''Retiring authority'' defined","body":"Section 59. The words ''retiring authority'', as used in sections fifty-six to sixty, inclusive, shall mean as to the commonwealth, the state board of retirement; as to a county, city, town, district or regional school district, the appropriate retirement board established under section twenty, having jurisdiction in the governmental unit in which a veteran was employed at the time of his retirement or death, or, if there is no such board in the case of a town, the selectmen; or, in the case of a district, the prudential committee; or, in the case of a regional school district, the regional district school committee; or, in the case of a housing authority, the housing authority; or in the case of any redevelopment authority, the redevelopment authority.","path":["Part I","Title IV","Chapter 32"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIV/Chapter32/Section59","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:19Z","sha256":"2436ab1db0639b58566d229ec3196bd79a9ef602e72e4c2e78f235ba06cf4249","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-32-58d","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-32-59a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}