SRC-BWC H.B. 116 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center H.B. 116 77R7598 DWS-DBy: Najera (Truan) Veteran Affairs & Military Installations 4/27/2001 Engrossed DIGEST AND PURPOSE Under current federal law, a man between the ages of 18 and 26 must register with the United States Selective Service System (system). A man who is not registered with the system in accordance with federal law is ineligible to receive federal funds and state student loans and may not be hired as a state employee. H.B. 116 requires the Department of Public Safety to electronically send information, including the applicant's social security number, from an application for a driver's license to the system for the purpose of registering an applicant under the Military Selective Service Act. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 521.044(a), Transportation Code, to authorize information provided on a driver's license application that relates to the applicant's social security number to be used only by the Department of Public Safety (department) or disclosed only to the United State Selective Service System (system) as provided by Section 521.147. SECTION 2. Amends Chapter 521G, Transportation Code, by adding Section 521.147, as follows: Sec. 521.147. REGISTRATION WITH SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM. Requires the department to send in an electronic format to the system the information from the application necessary to register the applicant under the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. Section 451 et seq.), as amended, including the applicant's social security number, after an application for an original, renewal, or duplicate driver's license is submitted by a male applicant who on the date of the application is at least 18 years of age but younger than 26 years of age. Requires the department, before accepting an application from an applicant to which this section applies, to notify the applicant that the application for a driver's license also constitutes registration with the Selective Service System for persons who are subject to registration and who have not previously registered. Provides that the applicant's submission of application following this notification constitutes the applicant's consent to the sending of the information, including the applicant's social security number, and to the registration. Authorizes the department, in addition to the notification required by this section, to conspicuously post at each location where applications for driver's licenses are accepted one or more signs, in English and Spanish, providing the information contained in the notification. SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2001. Makes application of this Act prospective.