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8A Page 8 conditions include significant underreparting of non-wage payments by the recipien#on tax returns.This bill is intended to acidress the problem of underreporting of incorne or o�er-reporFing of deductions by taxpayers,to ensure tfie accuracy of information returns, and shrink the tax gap that is estimated to be more#han$6 bill'son. ABx4�i 9—[n-Home Supporti�e Services.This bilf creates standardized anti-ft�aud measures v+��#h�n the Departmer��of Socia! Services administrat�or for providers and recipients of]n-Hor?me Supportive Services related ta fingerprinting and timesheet data collection. AB X4 2t�—Regu(atory Boards: Opera�ions and Reorganizations.This trailer bil! co:�solidates, reo�ganizes, and abol:shes severa!state boards and bureaus as a cost-cu#ting measure. Specifically,#he bill: • Abofishes fihe Bureau of Nafuropa�thic Medicine and adds new members#o the Osteopathic Medical Board of Califomia; • Consolidates the Structural Pest Controk Board within the Department of Pesticide Regulation; • Consolidates#he Bureau af E[ectronic Appliance Repair,the Bureau of Home Furnishings and The�-mai lnsulation into the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Fumishings, and Thermal lnsulation under the 5tate Department of Consumer Affairs; and • Consolidates the Board for Geolagists and Geophysicists under fhe Board fior . Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. ` ABx4 2Z —Procurernent.This bi�6 makes changes for the award and rr�ar�a�ement of state confiracts. !# requires that awards based for participation goafs be based on ac#uaI achievement o# the goal instead of a good faith effort to ac�ieve the goal,aliows a consu(tant#o bid on subseq�ent contracts i� I':m�ted circums#ances, and provides that the state may, based on an eva(uation of risk,withhold less than 5 percent of the con�act amount(ins#ead of 7 Q percen#)on information technoiogy gaods. ABx4 22—Stafie Proper�y,�range County Fair, ln�entory, Leases: Safe and Leaseback.This bifl authorizes the sale or[ease of se�eral state owned properties, including the site of the Orange Cvunty Fair Grounds and makes changes#o when a s#ate may elect fio allow the vecupancy or use of under used praperties for rent or Sease. ABx4 25—Stafie SurpEus Funds.This bil!makes changes in the apera#ion of the Cafifornia State Lottery and the State Campensation insurance Fund fio alfow for the sale of debt instn�ments. ABx417—Revenue AcCeEerations.This bi[(re�ises withholding tabfes used by employers for purposes of withho�ding taxes on wages paid, increasing current wage withho[ding by 10 percent. SB 63—Galifornia lntegrated Waste AIlanagement Boarcl.This bill eliminates the c€�rr�nt Cafifornia lntegra#ed Waste Management Board�ClWMB}as of Jan. '!,2�10.All CIVIIMB staff and functions wiil be fransferred to a new Depa�tment of Resource Recycling and Recovery (DRRR}.Addifiionally,the new Depar�ment wi(I include the Departmen#of Conse�vation's Division of Recyclir�g (DOR). League staf#will continue to update member cities on fhe details af the�ew department as information becomes availabfe. SB 90—2�p7-08 Budget Ac#:Augmentation.This bil{appropriates$845 millian to the Department of Corrections and Re�abilitation�DCR}to augment the appropriations made in the 2Q�7-08 Budget Act to cover inmate health-care delivery costs and requires the federal medica! recei�er tv report to the legisfature or� pfans to raduce costs of co�tracted hea�t�care delivery services. `Prop.1A Loan' . The League and CSAC helped design and impiemen#a similar bond securitization program in 2005 in cor�nection with the state"borrowing„a portion of V�F re�enues�From cities and counties. It was accomplisheci throug�California Communities,our jointly-sponsored JPA.The JPA issued 8