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Governor Preston Smith today came out with a proposal that a Legislative study be made of auto repair rates to see if something couldn t be done about what he called #excessive charges." Speaking to the Lubbock Insurance Claim Men' s Association, Smith said: "The public cannot be long protected by regulated insurance rates, if there is no regulation -- direct or in-direct -- of automobile