LINCOLN- Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen recently announced that he is targeting late July and early August to hold a special legislative session. Pillen plans on bringing state senators back to the Capitol to address his concerns regarding property taxes. While he expressed his intent, he stopped short of officially calling a special session or announcing an agreement on a tax reform plan.

The governor has made reducing property taxes the main focal point of his gubernatorial term. He worked to relieve some of the property tax burden last year, but after falling short in his efforts during this year's regular legislative session, he vowed to call special sessions until the problem is solved. Pillen has been touring the state holding town hall meetings to publicly lay out his ideas for reducing property taxes and encourage attendees to get their senators to support him.

This announcement was no surprise to Nebraska's lawmakers, given Pillen's previous comments. Pillen referenced preliminary estimates that show 57 of the state's 93 counties have had double-digit increases in valuation when emphasizing the importance of addressing this issue. His proposed method of reducing property tax is through increasing sales tax by applying it to more goods and services.

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