Teachers contributing to the respective teachers retirement fund association, as provided in this chapter and the articles of incorporation and the bylaws of the association, are entitled to the benefit of coverage by or entitlement to annuities or benefits from the association. All teachers in a city of the first class in which there exists a teachers retirement fund association are members of that teachers retirement fund association and participate in the benefits provided by the special retirement fund.
History:(1362) 1909 c 343 s 5; 1941 c 214 s 1; 1945 c 390 s 1; 1951 c 25 s 1; 1973 c 255 s 1; 1976 c 2 s 125; 1979 c 40 s 8; 1979 c 217 s 3; 1992 c 598 art 6 s 12