He said people are often worried about senior citizens, and they should be, but young families may be hit extremely hard by a tax increase on top of rising property values.

"If you get hit with a $400-a-year property-tax increase, to a young couple that's a lot of money," Mortensen said.

The current process for equalization (appealing one's property values) and truth-in-taxation works well, but only if an entire county is assessed equally every year.

Currently, in Davis County, only about one-fifth of the county is assessed each year. And that one-fifth tends to see increases tied to rising property values.

County leaders have promised they're working on a solution.

One thing's for sure, Mortensen said.

"I've never seen people so mad," he said. "People are ticked off."

He said Utahns should expect to see a citizens movement this fall to help legislators come up with solutions.

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