The retirement board shall be authorized to employ the services of such attorney as it deems appropriate to represent the interests of the plan and to pay as compensation for such attorney’s services an amount to be approved by the retirement board. It shall be the duty of the retirement board’s attorney to give such advice to the retirement board in all matters pertaining to the duties of the retirement board and the management of the trust whenever he or she is requested to do so; and the retirement board shall be authorized to hire the services of an attorney to represent and defend the retirement board as it deems necessary or appropriate in any actions that may be brought against it.(Act 2012-484, p. 1349, §8.)
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