LINCOLN- While Nebraskan citizens and lawmakers await an announcement from Governor Jim Pillen regarding the special legislative session soon approaching, Pillen has released a "statement of principles." He released this list of principles for legislators to prepare for the session. “This legislative process depends on everyone bringing their good faith ideas for the purpose of producing property tax reform for all Nebraskans,” Pillen said.

Pillen's statement mainly reiterated the tax exemptions that he won't be touching during this session. The governor's list was highlighted by a pledge to keep the tax exemptions on food and medicines used for human treatment. Pillen hopes that this announcement could provide clarity before the session convenes.

This announcement comes only a few days after Pillen's press conference formally presenting his tax reform plan to the public. Pillen spent much of the summer touring the state campaigning his reform ideas but conspicuously skipped the state's two most populous cities, Lincoln and Omaha. The governor promotes that his plan is not bold or innovative, but simply provides a solution to the issue of rampant property tax growth. Here is the governor's list:

No sales tax on food
No sales tax on medicines used for human treatment
No taxing services or goods provided through nonprofits
No sales tax on ag inputs or manufacturing materials (defined as physical economic resources used to create goods to be sold to an end user)
No sales tax on services or items that are exempt in all other states
No sales tax on services or items that are exempt in all surrounding states
No double taxation

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