By:  Hunter, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister)                 H.B. No. 479
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 18, 2003; 
March 26, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Infrastructure Development and Security; May 23, 2003, reported 
adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following 
vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 23, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 479                                    By:  Ogden


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to registration with the Selective Service System of 
certain applicants for a driver's license or personal 
identification certificate.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.147, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.147.  [OPTIONAL] REGISTRATION WITH SELECTIVE 
SERVICE SYSTEM.  (a)  An application for an original, renewal, or 
duplicate driver's license or personal identification certificate 
to be 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 shall include the following notice:

"SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION

"In accordance with federal law, every male United States citizen 
or immigrant who is at least 18 years of age must register with the 
United States Selective Service System.  You must be registered to 
qualify for federal student aid (including the Pell Grant), job 
training, federal employment, and citizenship, if an immigrant.  In 
Texas, you must be registered to qualify for state college student 
aid or state employment.  If convicted, failure to register with the 
Selective Service System is a felony punishable by up to five years 
in prison and/or a fine of up to $250,000.  If not registered by age 
26, you can no longer register and may permanently lose those 
benefits associated with registration.

"____ YES.  By submitting this application, I am consenting to 
register with the United States Selective Service System, as 
required by law.

"____ NO.  I have already registered.                                  

"____ NO.  I am not required by federal law to register.               

"____ NO.  I understand that registration with the United States 
Selective Service System is federal law, and I further understand 
the penalties associated with noncompliance.  However, I do not 
desire to register with the United States Selective Service System 
because I am an objector of conscience."
	(b)  The department shall present the notice to each 
applicant to which this section applies and record the applicant's 
response.  A response is required to complete the application for a 
license or certificate for such an applicant.  The department shall 
forward to the Selective Service System, in an electronic format, 
the information necessary for registration of an applicant not 
declining to register.
	(c)  [The department shall develop by rule a selective 
service consent statement as a part of the application for an 
original, renewal, or duplicate driver's license or personal 
identification certificate.  The consent statement must include a 
place to indicate consent or declination to register with the 
United States Selective Service System and must state the benefits 
and penalties associated with consent or declination to register.  
The department shall present the statement to each applicant who is 
subject to registration with the Selective Service System and 
record the applicant's response.  A response is required to 
complete the application for a license or certificate for such an 
applicant.  The department shall forward to the Selective Service 
System, in an electronic format, only the information necessary for 
registration of an applicant consenting to registration.
	[(b)]  In addition to the notification [statement] required 
by Subsection (b) [(a)], the department may conspicuously post at 
each location where applications for driver's licenses and personal 
identification certificates are accepted one or more signs, in 
English and Spanish, providing the information contained in the 
notification [statement].
	(d)  This section does not apply to an applicant concerning 
whom the department has previously sent information to the 
Selective Service System under Subsection (b).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to an application submitted on or after that date.



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