Government Code 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.

Source: Section 21131, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=21131. (updated Jan. 1, 1996; accessed Jul. 14, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/government_code_section_21131

Original Source: Section 21131, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=21131. (last accessed May 12, 2025).