December 9, 2005 - 7:34pm
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State Senate Democrats

Legislature to Honor Byron M. Baer on Monday

A special legislative tribute honoring former Senator Byron M. Baer will be held at noon on Monday, Dec. 12th in the Senate Chamber.For Immediate Release: December 9, 2005
Contact: Jim Manion
Phone: 609-292-5215
E-mail: JManion@njleg.org

LEGISLATURE TO HONOR BYRON M. BAER ON MONDAY

TRENTON - A special legislative tribute honoring former Senator Byron M. Baer will be held at noon on Monday, Dec. 12th in the Senate Chamber.

Leaders of both the Senate and the Assembly are expected to speak when a joint legislative resolution is presented to former Sen. Baer who resigned from the Senate in September for health reasons.

"Byron Baer has had a tremendous life of public service, a life marked by active involvement in effecting positive change in peoples lives," said Senate Majority Leader Bernard F. Kenny Jr.

Baer, a Bergen County Democrat who represented the 37th District, served in the Assembly from 1972 to 1993 before moving to the Senate in 1994. During his legislative career, he sponsored the Open Public Meetings Act, the Open Public Records Act. The Truth in Pricing Act, the Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act and the law creating the Office of the Child Advocate.
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