77R7598 DWS-D
By Najera, Uresti H.B. No. 116
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 116:
By Turner of Coleman C.S.H.B. No. 116
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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. REGISTRATION WITH SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM.
1-19 (a) After an application for an original, renewal, or duplicate
1-20 driver's license is submitted by a male applicant who on the date
1-21 of the application is at least 18 years of age but younger than 26
1-22 years of age, the department shall send in an electronic format to
1-23 the United States Selective Service System the information from the
1-24 application necessary to register the applicant under the Military
2-1 Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. Section 451 et seq.), as
2-2 amended, including the applicant's social security number. The
2-3 department may not issue an original, renewal, or duplicate
2-4 driver's license to the applicant if the applicant does not submit
2-5 the necessary information.
2-6 (b) Before accepting an application from an applicant to
2-7 which this section applies, the department shall notify the
2-8 applicant that the application for a driver's license also
2-9 constitutes registration with the Selective Service System for
2-10 persons who are subject to registration and who have not previously
2-11 registered. The applicant's submission of application following
2-12 this notification constitutes the applicant's consent to the
2-13 sending of the information, including the applicant's social
2-14 security number, and to the registration.
2-15 (c) In addition to the notification required by Subsection
2-16 (b), the department may conspicuously post at each location where
2-17 applications for driver's licenses are accepted one or more signs,
2-18 in English and Spanish, providing the information contained in the
2-19 notification.
2-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
2-21 applies only to an application submitted on or after that date.