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displaced due to property tax burdens by <br />approving a one-time ten percent (10%) increase <br />in the income qualification standard; and <br />maintaining the current provisions which increase <br />the income qualification standard each year based <br />on any cost-of-living adjustment made to the <br />benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social <br />Security Act for the preceding calendar year; <br />b)diminish the discriminatory features of the <br />current exemption provisions relating to married <br />couples by establishing graduated income <br />qualification standards for single individuals <br />versus married couples; and <br />c)address the ineffectiveness of the exemption <br />provisions in communities where property values <br />increase at substantial rates over short periods <br />of time by capping the increase in additional <br />taxes to be paid to the increase in the Consumer <br />Price Index (CPI) for the preceding year; <br />*Court Facility Fees <br />21) – Orange County believes counties <br />should be authorized to raise Court Facility Fees to <br />help fund capital or debt service needs associated with <br />ever-increasing judicial activities. In 2010, Orange <br />Countycompleted an $11 million justice facility <br /> <br />