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8A Page 12 . Shifts $35 mimon for two years, and then $50 million per year ongoing to the County of Orange in Educational Revenue Augmentation Funds (ERAF). These amounts will be backfilled by the state GF. . Makes a variety of changes to statute affecting the California Emergency Management Agency. . Suspends the Senior Citizens' Property Tax Deferral Program, removing state's authority expand this program. SB x3 10 lDuchenvl - Redirection of Mental Health Funding: Redirects $226.7 million in FY 2009-10, and up to $234 million in FY 2010-11 from Proposition 63 (tax on millionaires for mental health services) for programs with similar objectives funded under the GF. AS ,,3 12 (Evans) - State Lottery: Makes several adjustments to audit and other provisions relating to the State Lottery. These changes are consolidated into the previous tottery modernization provisions that were approved as part of the 2008-09 state budget and will be submitted to the voters at the May 19, 2009, election as Prop. 1 C. AS x3 13 (Evans) . State Cash Management Omnibus: Authorizes the state to borrow for cash flow purposes from 18 different funds. Language authorizing most of these provisions requires the payment of interest, and prohibits borrowing that would 'iinterfere with the carrying out of the objectft of the programs. Cities should note that from the "Local Public Safety Fund," which is an account established for the deposit of Proposition 172 (1/2 cent sales and use tax for public safety) is listed as one of the funds. sa x3 14 IDucheny) - Prison Overcrowding: Makes changes to the (AS 900) Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007, and provides that the required 12,000 new prison beds can be located at any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Also expands acceptable use of specified bond dollars for these construction projects. S8 x3 15 (Calderon and Florez) - Tax Credits: Provides a temporary tax credit of $3,000 to businesses with 20 or fewer employees, for each new position they create, with a $400 million maximum. Establishes motion picture production tax credits of up to $100 million per year for five years for the production of qualified motion pictures in California. Also provides an alternative income apportionment method to multi-state businesses, which includes a new definition that broadly defines in-state "sales" for purposes of the Franchise Tax Board. AS x3 16 (Evans) · Income Tax Trigger. level of Federal Funding: Requires the Treasurer and the Director of the Department of Finance, or designees, to meet and confer at a public hearing to be held on or before April 1 , 2009. The Treasurer and DOF will determine whether or not sufficient federal funds have been made available to offset not less than $10 billion in GF expenditures. If they do not determine that sufficlent funds are available, the income tax increase contained within AS x3 3 (Evans) will be 0.25 percent. If they do determine that sufficient funds have been made available, then the tax increase will be 0.125 percent. AS x317 (Evans}... Redirection of Tobacco Tax Funds: Redirects between $275 to $340 million in one-time reserve funds, and authorizes $268 million to be diverted annually for five years from Proposition 10 (tobacco tax for children's health care) for programs with similar objectives funded under the GF. S8 x3 19 (Ducheny)... Special Election: Calls for a statewide special election to be held on May 19, 2009, with the following six measures and titles: . Proposition 1A... 'Rainy Day' Budget Stabilization Fund (ACA x3 1 (Niello)) . Proposition 1 B ... Education Funding Payment Plan (ACA x3 2 (Bass)) . Proposition 1 C - Lottery Modernization Act (AS x3 12 (Evans)) . Proposition 10 - Children's Services Funding (AS x3 17 (Evans)) . Proposition 1E ... Mental Health Funding Budget (S8 x310 (Ducheny)) . Proposition 1 F - Elected Official's Salaries. Prevents Pay Increases During Budget Deficit Years (SCA 4,(Maldonado) 5