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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to registration with the Selective Service System of |
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certain applicants for a driver's license or personal |
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identification certificate. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.147, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 521.147. [OPTIONAL] REGISTRATION WITH SELECTIVE |
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SERVICE SYSTEM. (a) After an application for an original, |
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renewal, or duplicate driver's license or personal identification |
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certificate is submitted by a male applicant who on the date of the |
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application is at least 18 years of age but younger than 26 years of |
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age, the department shall send in an electronic format to the United |
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States Selective Service System the information from the |
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application necessary to register the applicant under the Military |
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Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. Section 451 et seq.). |
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(b) An application under this section must give written |
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notice to an applicant that the application also constitutes |
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registration with the United States Selective Service System for |
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persons who are subject to registration and have not previously |
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registered. The notice must be conspicuous on the application and |
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state: "By submitting this application, I am consenting to |
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registration with the United States Selective Service System if my |
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registration is required by federal law." |
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(c) The applicant's submission of the application following |
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this notification constitutes the applicant's consent to the |
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sending of the information and the [The department shall develop by
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rule a selective service consent statement as a part of the
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application for an original, renewal, or duplicate driver's license
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or personal identification certificate. The consent statement must
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include a place to indicate consent or declination to register with
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the United States Selective Service System and must state the
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benefits and penalties associated with consent or declination to
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register. The department shall present the statement to each
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applicant who is subject to registration with the Selective Service
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System and record the applicant's response. A response is required
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to complete the application for a license or certificate for such an
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applicant. The department shall forward to the Selective Service
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System, in an electronic format, only the information necessary for
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registration of an applicant consenting to] registration. |
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(d) [(b)] In addition to the notification [statement] |
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required by Subsection (b) [(a)], the department may conspicuously |
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post at each location where applications for driver's licenses and |
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personal identification certificates are accepted one or more |
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signs, in English and Spanish, providing the information contained |
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in the notification [statement]. |
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(e) Subsections (a) and (c) do not apply to an applicant |
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concerning whom the department has previously sent information to |
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the Selective Service System. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an application for the |
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issuance of a driver's license or personal identification |
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certificate submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |