AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF TRUST

OF

BLACKROCK CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF TRUST of BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust (the “Trust”) is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustee of the Trust, pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. §§ 3801 et seq. (the “Act”) to amend and restate the Certificate of Trust of the Trust filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “State Office”) on March 30, 2001 (the “Certificate”). The present name of the Trust is, and the name under which the Trust was originally formed was, BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust. The date of filing of the original Certificate of Trust of the Trust was March 30, 2001.

The Certificate is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

1.  Name. The name of the statutory trust is BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust.

2.  Registered Office and Registered Agent. The business address of the registered office of the Trust in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The name of the Trust’s registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

3.  Registered Investment Company. The Trust is, or will become prior to or within 180 days following the first issuance of beneficial interests therein, a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§ 80a-1 et seq.).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being a trustee of BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust, has executed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Trust in accordance with the Act.

 

 

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