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Biography

Smith received a B.A. degree in 1969 from the University of Scranton in History, an M.S. in 1970 from the University of Scranton in Chemistry, an M.S. in 1973 from Rutgers University in Environmental Science and was awarded a J.D. in 1981 from the Seton Hall University School of Law. Smith taught environmental science and chemistry at Middlesex County College for 15 years. By profession, Senator Smith is an attorney.^[2]

Before being elected to the State Senate, Smith served in the General Assembly, the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, from 1986 to 2001. In the Assembly, Smith served as the Deputy Minority Leader from 1994 to 1995 and as the Parliamentarian from 1988 to 1989.^[2]

Smith sponsored and passed laws dealing with such critical matters as increasing penalties for violations of environmental laws, repairing outmoded combined sewer systems, and reforming the state's oil spill prevention efforts. Senator Smith's legislative accomplishments include authoring the Ocean Pollution Bounty Act, Sludge Management Act, Oil Spill Prevention Act, the Worker and Community Right to Know Act and the Clean Water Enforcement Act. He has sought the enactment of laws affording greater protection to child victims of abuse and sponsored bills to increase the penalties for carjacking. Senator Smith has been involved in the fight to protect citizens from lead poisoning.

In the devastation following Hurricane Floyd, Senator Smith sponsored the Emergency Disaster Relief Act and Local Flood Aid Act to aid economic recovery. In the closing days of the 2001 legislative session Senator Smith fought for the rights of New Jersey National Guard students, who were being forced to register for classes after their civilian peers, as the colleges and universities were not reimbursed for providing their educational benefits. Smith sponsored and had a law passed that provided for the funding of education and allowed for the National Guard students to register along with their fellow students.

Smith served as Mayor of Piscataway from 1981 to 1986, served on the Piscataway Township Council from 1977 to 1980, its Planning Board from 1975 to 1986 (as its Chair in 1976) and on the Piscataway Environmental Committee from 1971 to 1975.^[2]

In news articles, Smith is associated with political action committees that adversely affect^[3] local pay to pay ordinances http://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/%E2%80%9C-lofts%E2%80%9D-housing-complex-replaces-middlesex-borough-paint-factory-exploded-1985D{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} AND http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/how_nj_pacs_are_skirting_the_l.html

District 17

Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 17th Legislative District for the 2014-2015 Legislative Session are:^[4]

Assemblyman Joseph Danielsen (D)

Assemblyman Joseph V. Egan (D)

Election History

References

1. ^Ackerman, Spencer. "To fill Lynch's big shoes, Smith stresses education"{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, The Daily Targum, October 30, 2001. Accessed April 23, 2008. "Now, Assemblyman and former Piscataway Mayor Bob Smith is looking to take over for retiring State Sen. John Lynch, the powerful democrat castigated by his detractors as running 'the Lynch machine'."
2. ^¹²³Senator Smith's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed February 20, 2008.
3. ^http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/how_nj_pacs_are_skirting_the_l.html
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/roster.asp |title=Legislative Roster 2014-2015 Session |publisher=New Jersey Legislature |accessdate=July 4, 2015}}
5. ^Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2013 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 4, 2013. Accessed December 4, 2013.
6. ^Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2011 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 14, 2011. Accessed June 22, 2012.
7. ^Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2007 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 3, 2007. Accessed June 22, 2012.
8. ^Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2003 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 2, 2003. Accessed December 11, 2013.
9. ^Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2001 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, April 17, 2008. Accessed December 11, 2013.
10. ^Official List Candidate Returns for General Assembly For November 1999 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, January 11, 2010. Accessed December 11, 2013.
11. ^Official List Candidate Returns for General Assembly For November 1997 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 2, 1997. Accessed December 11, 2013.
12. ^Official List Candidate Returns for General Assembly For November 1995 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 4, 1995. Accessed December 11, 2013.
13. ^Official List Candidate Returns for General Assembly For November 1993 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, November 24, 1993. Accessed December 11, 2013.
14. ^Official List Candidate Returns for General Assembly For November 1991 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 6, 1991. Accessed December 11, 2013.
15. ^Official List Candidate Returns for General Assembly For November 1989 General Election, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed December 11, 2013.
16. ^Official List Candidate Returns for General Assembly For November 1987 General Election, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed December 11, 2013.
17. ^Official List Candidate Returns for General Assembly For November 1985 General Election, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed December 11, 2013.

External links

Senator Smith's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature

New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms

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