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# New Bill: Education Finance Reform, Cigarette Tax, Budget Cuts for state Officials During the Crisis
- URL: https://ivn.us/new-bill-education-finance-reform-cigarette-tax-budget-cuts-state-officials-durin/
- Published: 2009-02-20T21:16:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:13:05.000Z
- Author: Indy
- Tags: News

This bill would call a statewide special election to be held on June 10, 2010\. The bill would place 6 measures before the voters at that election, including:(1) a legislative constitutional amendment relating to budget reform, (2) a legislative constitutional amendment relating to education finance, (3) a legislative measure relating to the California State Lottery, (4) a legislative measure relating to Proposition 10 approved by the voters at the November 3, 1998, statewide general election,(The 50 cent tax on cigarettes with funding going to education) (5) a legislative measure relating to Proposition 63 approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election(Mental Health Services Act), and (6) a legislative constitutional amendment relating to the pay of state officers in the event there is an operating deficit in the state budget.