1-1 By: Van de Putte, et al. H.B. No. 2061 1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Patterson) 1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 1997; 1-4 May 12, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-5 Education; May 18, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-6 Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 18, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to requiring certain individuals to file a statement of 1-10 selective service status before receiving certain financial 1-11 assistance. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is 1-14 amended by adding Section 51.9095 to read as follows: 1-15 Sec. 51.9095. STUDENT COMPLIANCE WITH SELECTIVE SERVICE 1-16 REGISTRATION. (a) An individual may not receive a loan, grant, 1-17 scholarship, or other financial assistance funded by state revenue, 1-18 including federal funds or gifts and grants accepted by this state, 1-19 or receive a student loan guaranteed by this state or the Texas 1-20 Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, unless the individual files a 1-21 statement of the individual's selective service status with the 1-22 institution or other entity granting or guaranteeing the financial 1-23 assistance as required by this section. 1-24 (b) If an individual required by this section to file a 1-25 statement of the individual's selective service status files a 1-26 statement indicating that the individual is registered with the 1-27 selective service system as required by federal law, the individual 1-28 is not required to file a statement of the individual's selective 1-29 service status the next time the individual makes an application to 1-30 the same entity for financial assistance or a student loan 1-31 guarantee. If an individual required by this section to file a 1-32 statement of the individual's selective service status files a 1-33 statement indicating that the individual is not required to 1-34 register with the selective service system, the institution or 1-35 other entity shall require the individual to file a new statement 1-36 of the individual's selective service status the next time the 1-37 individual makes an application to the entity for financial 1-38 assistance or a student loan guarantee. 1-39 (c) This section does not apply to: 1-40 (1) a female individual if females are not subject to 1-41 general selective service registration under federal law; or 1-42 (2) an individual older than the maximum age at which 1-43 an individual is required to be registered with the selective 1-44 service system under federal law. 1-45 (d) The statement of an individual's selective service 1-46 status required by this section must require the individual to 1-47 certify that the individual: 1-48 (1) has registered with the selective service system 1-49 as required by federal law; or 1-50 (2) is exempt from selective service registration 1-51 under federal law. 1-52 (e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall 1-53 adopt rules for the administration of this section and shall 1-54 prescribe the statement to be used under this section. The 1-55 coordinating board shall notify each institution of higher 1-56 education of the required statement and the applicable rules. The 1-57 statement must require an individual claiming to be exempt from 1-58 registration to specify the basis of the exemption. The 1-59 coordinating board may require an individual filing a statement of 1-60 selective service status to include with the statement any 1-61 additional information or documentation the coordinating board 1-62 determines appropriate. 1-63 SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating 1-64 Board shall prescribe the statement of selective service status and 2-1 adopt rules as required by Section 51.9095, Education Code, as 2-2 added by this Act, not later than January 1, 1998. 2-3 (b) The requirement that an individual file a statement of 2-4 selective service status in accordance with Section 51.9095, 2-5 Education Code, as added by this Act, takes effect January 1, 2-6 1998. 2-7 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 2-12 * * * * *