Any outside imposition would have to come from the legislature, said Sen. Wayne Goode, D-St. Louis County. Goode, a lawmaker since 1962, chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Although most lawmakers were not aware of an impending financial shortage, they were conscious that higher costs would keep pay raises down, said Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Wayne Goode, D-St. Louis County.
The language is "pretty much worked out," said Sen. Wayne Goode, D-St. Louis County, an abortion rights supporter. Senators needed to reach compromise to avoid more delays this session.
The Senate gave third-round approval to a plan by Sen. Wayne Goode (D-St. Louis County) that would change the way Missouri teenagers get driver's licenses. Under the bill, 15-year-olds would be eligible for learner's permits, and their parents would have to provide 10 hours of on-the-road training before the student could get an intermediate license.
Parents would be required to give their kids at least ten hours of behind-the-wheel training under the bill, proposed by St. Louis County Senator Wayne Goode.
"If you want data quickly where there are large expenditures," said Sen. Wayne Goode, D-St. Louis County, "the only way to get it on the Internet is to do it electronically."
Bill sponsor Sen. Wayne Goode, D-St. Louis County, said he supports the plan because "there are many areas in Missouri where people do not have an immediate response when dialing 911 with a cell telephone, and this is a safety problem that has to be resolved."
Sen. Wayne Goode, D-St. Louis County, who sponsored the bill, conceded that the costs might be higher than union estimates. "I didn't go into this with blinders on - I knew this was going to cost money," he said.
"It is necessary because this is a time where statistics show there are a lot of very serious accidents with young people, and it is probably better to get more training and to become a more responsible driver," said Sen. Wayne Goode, D-St. Louis County, sponsor of one of the several bills filed this year to restrict teen driving.
St. Louis County Democrat Wayne Goode has presented a bill to require more driver's education for people under 18. Princess Reyes has this story from Jefferson City:
But Democrats urged caution with the tax issue. Cutting taxes any further would be a gamble, said Wayne Goode, D-St. Louis County and the new chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Meanwhile, Sen. Joe Maxwell, D-Mexico, was appointed chairman of the Commerce and Environment committee. Maxwell tried for the top spot on the Appropriations committee, but Sen. Wayne Goode, D-St. Louis County, received that position.
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