Governor Pete Ricketts indicates he doesn’t believe legislation would be necessary for Nebraska to begin asking online retailers to collect the state sales tax.

Ricketts says his administration is reviewing the U.S. Supreme Court decision which upheld a South Dakota law requiring Internet retailers to collect its sales tax. . .

The Supreme Court ruled states can require Internet sellers to collect the sales tax, even if they don’t have a physical presence in the state.

Ricketts says Nebraska state law requires the buyer to pay the tax. . .

Legislation putting in place the mechanism to collect the tax failed to make it through the legislative session.