1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to registration with the Selective Service System of
1-3 certain applicants for a driver's license.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 521.044(a), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) Information provided on a driver's license application
1-8 that relates to the applicant's social security number may be used
1-9 only by the department or disclosed only to:
1-10 (1) the child support enforcement division of the
1-11 attorney general's office; [or]
1-12 (2) another state entity responsible for enforcing the
1-13 payment of child support; or
1-14 (3) the United States Selective Service System as
1-15 provided by Section 521.147.
1-16 SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
1-17 is amended by adding Section 521.147 to read as follows:
1-18 Sec. 521.147. OPTIONAL REGISTRATION WITH SELECTIVE SERVICE
1-19 SYSTEM. (a) The department shall develop by rule a selective
1-20 service consent statement as a part of the application for an
1-21 original, renewal, or duplicate driver's license or personal
1-22 identification certificate. The consent statement must include a
1-23 place to indicate consent or declination to register with the
1-24 United States Selective Service System and must state the benefits
2-1 and penalties associated with consent or declination to register.
2-2 The department shall present the statement to each applicant who is
2-3 subject to registration with the Selective Service System and
2-4 record the applicant's response. A response is required to
2-5 complete the application for a license or certificate for such an
2-6 applicant. The department shall forward to the Selective Service
2-7 System, in an electronic format, only the information necessary for
2-8 registration of an applicant consenting to registration.
2-9 (b) In addition to the statement required by Subsection (a),
2-10 the department may conspicuously post at each location where
2-11 applications for driver's licenses are accepted one or more signs,
2-12 in English and Spanish, providing the information contained in the
2-13 statement.
2-14 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
2-15 applies only to an application submitted on or after that date.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 116 was passed by the House on April
20, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 116 on May 24, 2001, by a non-record
vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 116 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor