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Car Inspections won't be repealed this year.

May 16, 1997
By: Rod W. Petersen
State Capital Bureau

The ban of statewide safety inspections will have to wait until next years legislative session.

Rod Petersen has more from the State Capitol.

Story: Rod W. Petersen
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OutCue: SOC

Minority floor leader Steve Ehlmann appealed to freshman senator Sam Graves to not filibuster on a bill that would outlaw riding in the backs of trucks and also mandate that pick-ups have seatbelts.

Bill sponsor Harold Caskey agreed to lay his bill aside before he allowed Sam Graves to filibuster on the last day of the legislative session.

Actuality: Harold Caskey
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OutCue: "....then nobody gets anything."
Contents: If you are going to be so ungracious as to say like maybe a spoiled child would, I didn't get my way and so because I didn't get my way then nobody gets anything.

[163K WAV file - Senator Harold Caskey]

Senator Sam Graves who said that "one man with courage constitutes a majority" was arguing for his amendment that would require a safety inspection every two years instead of the annual inspection now required by law.

Reporting from the State Capitol, I'm Rod Petersen.