After 3 days of knowing the EPIC Option plan would be scheduled for a public hearing Wednesday morning, the online comment finally became available today! If you won’t be joining us in person, please submit your comment before 8 am tomorrow morning!!!

1. Click on the links below to navigate to the bill page
2. Scroll-down
3. Click on: “Submit Comments On-Line”
4. Type in your letter
5. Scroll down & click on “I am not a robot”
6. Click on: “Submit Comment”
7. You should receive an immediate email from the Nebraska Legislature asking if you are the person wanting to submit testimony (if it does not, check spam, if it still not there, email the committee chair – llinehan@leg.ne.gov)
8. Click YES for your testimony to be added to the official record

Revenue

Rm1524 – 9:30 AM

Document: LB16
Introducer: Erdman
Description: Adopt the Nebraska EPIC Option Consumption Tax Act and terminate tax provisions

Submit Online Comments by 8am
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=58031

Document: LR4CA
Introducer: Erdman
Description: Constitutional amendment to require the state to impose a consumption tax or an excise tax on all new goods and services and to provide a tax exemption for grocery items

Submit Online Comments by 8am
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=58043

Document: LR5CA
Introducer: Erdman
Description: Constitutional amendment to prohibit governmental entities from imposing any taxes other than retail consumption taxes and excise taxes

Submit Online Comments by 8am
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=58042

From EPIC Option:

“Since both hearings are on Wednesday, we now can focus primarily on that first hearing. The instructions for writing Gov. Pillen remain the same as do the instructions for writing the Revenue Committee. We no longer need to worry about the Executive Board

If you haven’t done so already, please write Gov. Pillen a sympathetic email encouraging him to eliminate, not just reduce the property tax, making his tax relief permanent. You may back up your plea for Gov. Pillen to adopt EPIC with your own painful story, for instance losing your home, farm, or ranch, at:

jim.pillen@nebraska.gov

You will be advocating for all three measures as a package with emphasis on LR4CA and LR5CA. Those need to be on the ballot in November so Nebraskan’s can vote on them. Passage of both measures in the election will eliminate Nebraska property taxes (and state income taxes inckluding the inheritance tax), forcing the Unicameral in the spring to implements LB 16 or something similar. You may convey the same information that you sent to the governor to the Revenue Committee. The difference is that you will have a chance to present your testimony in person. Time is limited — you will have only three minutes to present your testimony. We suggest you type it, single spaced, on a single sheet of paper. You must state your name and address when you present. Spell out your name. This should be included in your written testimony as well, up front so you can read it.”

The hearing is:

9:30 AM, Wednesday, July 31, Room 1524, Revenue Committee
Resolutions: LR 4CA and LR 5CA as well as Bill: LB 16

The resolutions are as described above, and the bill is the implementation, or “nuts and bolts” bill. Your job is just to tell the committee why you need EPIC. You will have only three minutes. If you wish to email the committee members ahead of the hearing, you may use these addresses:

Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, Chair – llinehan@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Brad Von Gillern, Vice Chair – bvongillern@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Joni Albrecht – jalbrecht@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Eliot Bostar – ebostar@leg.ne.gov
Sen. George Dungan – gdungan@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Kathleen Kauth – kkauth@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Fred Meyer – fmeyer@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Dave Murman – dmurman@leg.ne.gov


The State Capitol is located at:
1445 K Street
Lincoln, NE 68508

Once again, your own story supporting the elimination of the property tax will be very helpful.


You also may write to your Nebraska Senator. This email will be more relevant once the legislation is out of committee. To find your senator, go to this link:
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/senator_find.php