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P.O. Box 71887
Las Vegas, NV 89170
Phone: (702) 307-9008

Representing Senate District 7 in Clark County, Senator David Parks is an experience legislator and successful businessman. He was a Nevada Assemblyman from 1997-2007 and in 2001 he served as the Assistant Majority Floor Leader. He was first elected to the Nevada State Senate in 2008. In the 2009 session Senator Parks served as the Chair of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and also as a member of the Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor and the Senate Committee on Judiciary.


Senator Parks was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1943. He received a B.S. from the University of New Hampshire and continued on to receive an M.B.A. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was also enlisted with the United State Air Force from 1967-1971. He currently works as a consultant.


Senator David Parks has always acted as an advocate for those in need in Southern Nevada. He is on the Board of Directors for the Community Counseling Center of Las Vegas. He has also taken a strong stance for AIDS prevention and is on the Board of Trustees for Aid for AIDS of Nevada, Inc. He is also a member of the Governor's Statewide AIDS Advisory Task Force.  In addition, Senator Parks is also a member of the Nevada Homeless Alliance and is on the Board of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada.

 
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Requires certain governmental entities to work cooperatively to establish the Henderson to North Las Vegas Fixed Guideway Corridor
SB 115
Sponsored by: Senator Mike Schneider
BILL STATUS: April 11, 2009- Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed

This bill requires Clark County, the Cities of Henderson, Las Vegas and North Las Vegas and the Department of Transportation to work cooperatively to establish the Henderson to North Las Vegas Fixed Guideway Corridor, a fixed guideway to be constructed beginning at Nevada State College in the City of Henderson and running through the City of Henderson, a portion of the unincorporated area of Clark County, the City of Las Vegas and the City of North Las Vegas, and ending at the North Las Vegas regional campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. High speed rail lines that have been built around the country have given jobs to thousands of people and served millions of travelers, all while saving energy.

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