State Board of Retirement v. Woodward

The primary question before us is whether the vote of the State Board of Retirement (board) to implement the pension forfeiture provisions of G. L. c. 32, § 15 (4), against former *699State Representative Francis Woodward, based on Woodward’s Federal convictions of mail fraud, wire fraud, interstate travel to commit bribery, and conspiracy to commit those crimes, was time barred. We hold that it was not, and that pension forfeiture proceedings under § 15 (4) are not subject to any statute of limitations.

1. Background. Woodward was a State representative from January, 1977, until May, 1992, and an…