Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Retirement Board v. State Ethics Commission

The issue presented in this case is whether the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Retirement Board (board) is a State agency, and its members and employees who administer the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Retirement Fund (fund), are State employees subject to the strictures of G. L. c. 268A (1990 ed.), the State conflict of interest law. Prior to May, 1989, the State *583Ethics Commission (commission), the agency charged with civil enforcement of the conflict of interest law, had not asserted jurisdiction over the board or an entity similar to the board. In recognition that…