Notwithstanding Section 482, the secretary may not enter into a cooperative agreement with a county of the first class, as defined in § 28022 of the Government Code, for agricultural inspector services, if the cooperative agreement requires that the county provide year-round services, unless not less than 66 percent of the agricultural inspector aides not afforded protections as permanent employees employed under the cooperative agreement are afforded protections as permanent employees under the county’s civil service or other personnel system.

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 381, Sec. 1. (AB 1362) Effective January 1, 2022.)