1-1 By: Najera, Uresti (Senate Sponsor - Truan) H.B. No. 116
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; May 10, 2001, reported
1-5 adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
1-6 vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 116 By: Truan
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to registration with the Selective Service System of
1-11 certain applicants for a driver's license.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Section 521.044(a), Transportation Code, is
1-14 amended to read as follows:
1-15 (a) Information provided on a driver's license application
1-16 that relates to the applicant's social security number may be used
1-17 only by the department or disclosed only to:
1-18 (1) the child support enforcement division of the
1-19 attorney general's office; [or]
1-20 (2) another state entity responsible for enforcing the
1-21 payment of child support; or
1-22 (3) the United States Selective Service System as
1-23 provided by Section 521.147.
1-24 SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
1-25 is amended by adding Section 521.147 to read as follows:
1-26 Sec. 521.147. OPTIONAL REGISTRATION WITH SELECTIVE SERVICE
1-27 SYSTEM. (a) The department shall develop by rule a selective
1-28 service consent statement as a part of the application for an
1-29 original, renewal, or duplicate driver's license or personal
1-30 identification certificate. The consent statement must include a
1-31 place to indicate consent or declination to register with the
1-32 United States Selective Service System and must state the benefits
1-33 and penalties associated with consent or declination to register.
1-34 The department shall present the statement to each applicant who is
1-35 subject to registration with the Selective Service System and
1-36 record the applicant's response. A response is required to
1-37 complete the application for a license or certificate for such an
1-38 applicant. The department shall forward to the Selective Service
1-39 System, in an electronic format, only the information necessary for
1-40 registration of an applicant consenting to registration.
1-41 (b) In addition to the statement required by Subsection (a),
1-42 the department may conspicuously post at each location where
1-43 applications for driver's licenses are accepted one or more signs,
1-44 in English and Spanish, providing the information contained in the
1-45 statement.
1-46 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-47 applies only to an application submitted on or after that date.
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