Worcester Reg'l Ret. Bd. v. Contributory Ret. Appeal Bd.

The Worcester Regional Retirement Board (WRRB) appeals from a Superior Court judgment affirming a decision of the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB). See G. L. c. 30A, § 14 (7). WRRB claims error in CRAB's interpretation of G. L. c. 32. We affirm.

1. Standard of review. "Courts must ascertain the intent of a statute from all its parts and from the subject matter to which it relates, and courts must interpret the statute so as to render the legislation effective, consonant with reason and common sense." Rotondi v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 463 Mass. 644, 648 (2012), quoting…