(a) A local safety member, other than one subject to Section 21362 or 21362.2, shall be retired for service upon the member’s written application to the board if the member has attained the age of 55 years, and is credited with five years of state service.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to the employees of any contracting agency having a contract with the board made prior to September 5, 1945, which contract specifies an age greater than the age of 55 years as the minimum age for voluntary retirement for service for local safety members, until the agency elects to make subdivision (a) applicable to its employees, by amendment to its contract made in the manner prescribed for the approval of contracts, except that an election among the employees is not required.

Terms Used In California Government Code 21061

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

Until the contracting agency elects to make subdivision (a) applicable to its employees, a local safety member employed by the contracting agency shall be retired for service upon the member’s written application to the board if the member has attained the minimum age for voluntary retirement specified in the contract between his or her employer and the board, and is credited with five years of state service.

(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 21, Sec. 8. Effective June 25, 2001. Applicable from January 1, 2000, by Sec. 37 of Ch. 21.)

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