Section 17: Action on behalf of incompetent members
Summary
Section 17 provides a mechanism for exercising a member's retirement options and rights when the member is incompetent or otherwise unable to act on their own behalf. The spouse (if living together), guardian, or conservator may act in priority order; absent all of these, the board may designate any person it finds to be acting in the member's best interests.
Statutory Text
Section 17. Any option, election or right existing in any member may be exercised or enforced, if such member is incompetent or for any other reason is unable to exercise or enforce the same himself, by the spouse of such member if they are living together at the time any such action is instituted, or if there is no such spouse then by his guardian or conservator, or if there is no such spouse, guardian or conservator then by any other person found by the board to be acting in behalf of and for the best interests of such member.