Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the number of sponsors that shall be required of a person to be a candidate for member of a county council shall be either not less than 20 sponsors, or not less than 2 percent of the number of voters registered as preferring the Green Party in the county council election district, whichever is less.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 4. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)