ARTICLE 5. Compulsory Retirement [21130. - 21132.]

Cal. Government Code - GOV 5.

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Cal. Government Code - GOV § 21130. Section 21130.

(a) Every patrol member subject to Section 21362, 21362.2, or 21363.1, as applicable, shall be retired on the first day of the calendar month succeeding that in which he or she attains the age of 60 years. (b) This section shall be operative April 1, 2019.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 21131. Section 21131.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local contracting agency may amend its contract to fix a mandatory retirement age for local safety members attaining the age of 60 when the agency also has established that the age of a safety member is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the principal services provided by safety members.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 21132. Section 21132.

Every state safety member shall be retired on the first day of the calendar month succeeding that in which he or she attains age 65. Every member who has attained age 65 when he or she becomes a state safety member shall be retired on the first day of the following month. This section shall not apply to members represented by State Bargaining Unit 16 or State Bargaining Unit 19.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026