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Failure to pass a budget by midnighft Tuesday ups the shortfall to morethan $26 billion due to the loss of education-related budget Schwarzenegger said at a preszs conference Wednesday. He also announced an executive order addinv a third furlough day each month for state workere thoughJune 30, 2010, a move expectedr to free up an additional $425 milliob in the new fiscal year. Statde workers will be furloughed the firsgt three Fridays of each monthexcepft July, when they will commence July 10 and run for threw weeks, state labor secretary Vickiwe Bradshaw said at the press conference.
Some such as state firefightersz and the people who processunemploymentr claims, will be exemp t from Furlough Fridays, Bradshaw said. Although the governor called for thespecial session, it is up to the Legislature to schedulr it. When it will be held is yet tobe determined. Schwarzenegge r will meet with the stats controller and state treasurer latet Wednesday to discuss a plan to begij paying state bills with and the governor said he plans to approach bankw abouthonoring them.
The governor also declared he will not sign any legislatio n unrelated to the budget that is notabsolutely “In the midst of a budgetg crisis, they are debating cow tails,” he added, referring to a bill discussesd in a legislative committee last week that woulcd ban a practice of docking cow