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8A Page 11 S8 x3 4 (Duchenvl . Education Omnibus: Makes numerous changes to K-14 and community college programs. provides flexibility to various categorical funding programs, and other changes designed to achieve state budget savings and improve state cash flow. AS x3 5 (Evans) - Makes a number of cuts and other changes to state health programs. S8 x3 6 (Duchenvl - Makes cuts and other changes to welfare and other state social programs. S8 x3 7 CDuchenyl - Sweeps all potential future revenues that may be generated for transit pursuant to "spillover" funds. as well as the 20 percent allocated to transit from Prop. 42 (sales tax on gasoline) fundst from the 2009-10 through the 2012-13 fiscal years, to fund various state transit programs otherwise funded through the GF. In addition, this measure authorizes the DOF to reimburse the GF for transportation-related general fund debt service costs from funds transferred to the Transportation Debt Service Fund. Requires that certain funds (estimated at $100 million per year for two years) generated by tribal compacts that have been previously designated for repayment of specified transportation-related debt to be transferred to the GF. S8 x3 8 (Ducheny) - State and Local Government Omnibus: Makes several changes related to local and state government finances, including payments, contracting, and service agreements. Those of significance to cities: Local Safety and Protection Account. Directs revenue from the 0.15 percent increase in VlF (approximately $500 million per year) deposited into a newly created Local Safety and Protection Account to the following programs: . Citizens Options for Public Safety (COPS) and Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) grants. Requires the Controller to allocate 23.6 percent of the funds received under to each of these programs for FY 2008-09. Requires this percentage to be reduced to 21.30 percent for FY 2009-10 and beyond (approximately $100 million for COPS and $100 million for JJCPA)t 6.26 percent for booking fees, and requires these funds to be allocated on a quarterly basis commencing on Oct. 1, 2009; . 3.6 percent for Small and Rural Sheriffs Grants; . 36.04 percent for Juvenile Probation and Camps Funding under CDeR; and . 11.42 percent for crime preventIon programs under the California Emergency Management Agency. Among the tax increases adopted by the Legislature and signed by the Governor in AS x3 3 (Evans), is a new 0.15 percent VLF rate dedicated to local law enforcement grants previously paid out of the state general fund. These grants include the COPS program (also known as Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Funding SLESF); JJCPA; booking fee grants to county sheriffs; and aid to small and rural sheriffs. The new VLF rate begins on May 19,2009. and will be the sole source of funding for these programs in FY 2009-10. VLF revenue received from this new rate for the current fiscal year (final payment from GF will be received in March 2009) will partially make up an $89 million reduction in GF support of the COPS/Juvenile Justice program. During the current transition year, the net reduction in funding to the COPS program will be about $20 million. However, the minimum allocation of COPS funding remains at $100,000 per agency. Consequently, the impact of this reduction will be felt on cities and counties to the extent they were due to receive funding above this minimum. Estimated revised COPS allocations for aU cities and counties are posted at www.californiacitvfinance.comlCOPSfv09revised.odf Payment Deferrals . Mandates: Permanently shifts state mandate reimbursements from Aug. 15 to Oct. 15t or 60 days after the date the appropriation for the claim is effective. . Highway User's taxes (HUTA): Defers city and county gas excise tax payments for January. February, and March, to be paid along with the April revenues in May (for 2009 only). Other Provisions . Lifts an existing tax increment debt cap applicable to the Glendora Redevelopment Agency that will allow it to receive an additional $2.6 million per year. 4