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8A � Page 7 {removing a $50 cap), and resettir�g state fees fvr mobile home and mobile home paric registra#ion. The bill also includes a nurnber of other provisions that relate to s#afe government, including fees for mobile home and mobile t�ome park registra#ion, smalt business loans, California's Homebuyer Assistance Program,workforce investment, sale of State Compensation lnsurance Fund assets and fiabifit�es, and other issues, ABx413—CourEs Omnibus Bill: Public Safety.This bil! makes a number of changes related to court administration, including: • Details how the court wili implement a one-day furlough#or staff and court services; • fncreases the uniform filing fee for various administra�ive tasks by$5 for d�posit in the Trial Court Trus#Fund; • Expands audit requiremen#s for the state's Chief lr�formation�fficer of Judicia(Council's information technology systems; • Permits addit:or�al use of electronic recording devices in caurt proceedings bu#does not �reate a ma^date as originaliy proposed ir�previous�audget�ra�ts; • tncreases fee on convic�ions of criminal offenses, including traffic but nvt parking, by$14 dollars unti!July 201'E; • States the California Depar#ment of Carrections and Rehabifitation provides l�eafth care services#o inmates auts'rde the relationship of tF�e federaf inedical receiver; a�d • Outfines new requirements in applications and repo�#ii�g for county-based Youthful �ffender Block Grants. ABx4 '(3 did not address how the Cafifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabififation (CDCR}would respond to the$9.2 billion doliar budget cut#hat passed as part of the budget package.COCR and legislative {eadership will take up the issue in August. Currently,the plan is based on the#ollowing proposals: 1. Changes sentencir�g optior�s tv require four"wobbler"crimes (related to property theft and writing bad checks},that can currently be prosecuted as felonies to only be prosecuted as misdemeanors; 2. Seeks additionaf savings through varivus changes to in-cus#ody policies for eEderiy, ill, or low-risk inmates through in-hospital or in-residence electronic monitoring; 3. Creates"banked" nr administrative parole with no direct state supervis'son for non-serio�s, non-violent, non-sex offenders with low-risk fo reo€fend that maintains local search and seizure rights of[aw enforcement officers; 4. Eliminates half of current in-custody rehabiiifation programs, 5. E[iminates over 1� of administrative posifions at CDCR headquarters and[arger percentage in the Division of Ju�enile.fustice headquarters. SBx4�fi—Cash i3eferrats. This bilf contairts muEtipfe payment deferrals in order for tF�e state to meet its cash obfigafiions. It includes the deferrai of the gas tax payments for Ju[y,August, September, 4ctober, No�ember, and December�009 ur�til after Jan. 1, zo�o. It also defers the October 20�9 and Jar��ary 2010 Prop.42 payments until May 31, 2010. SBx4 16 allows cities to use any cash balance in i#s raad fund, including Prop. �B funds, to meet cash obligatians during the Prop,42 deferral period, pro�ided i�e funding is paid back to the road fund or�ce€und�ng is received in May 2010. A8x4'I 8—Taxation.This bill is related to tax collection on businesses with re�enue acceleration . and carnpfiance requirements that are estimated to result in Genera! Fund collections of$58 miilion in FY 20Q9-'[0 and $1a5 miltion in FY 201a-11. For revenue acce(eration,this bill requires that non-retail businesses with receipts o#more than�100,000 to register with the Board of Egua�ization (BOE}and�le use tax returr�s on items purchased that did not ha�e sales tax applied, excfuding vehicles and vessels.This is an effort#o collect on use#ax,which is levied at ti�e same rate as sales tax, and allow for tax coffection or� items generally purchased out-of-state by California businesses. For tax compliance,this bikl conforms Ca[ifornia's tax collection to federal income tax baekup- witl�ho(ding rules related to non-wage payments by requiring businesses to withhold 7 percent o�€ repvrtable payment and income if ihe 1R5 determines a condition for withholdir�g exists.These 7