BILL NUMBER: SB 251	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Correa

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2011

   An act to add Section 12801.3 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 251, as amended, Correa. Vehicles: driver's license: selective
service.
   Existing law establishes the practices and procedures for the
issuance of an original or a renewal of a driver's license.
   The federal Military Selective Service Act (federal act) requires
specified persons to register with the federal Selective Service
System.
   This bill would  provide that, by submitting an 
 require the Department of Motor Vehicles to revise the 
application for an original or a renewal of a driver's license
 ,   to include a specified statement that would
allow  a person who is required to register pursuant to the
federal act  is consenting   to consent  to
 that person's  registration with the federal
Selective Service System. The bill would require the department to
forward to the federal Selective Service System, in an electronic
format, the necessary personal information for the registration of
that person in compliance with the federal act  for a person who
consents to registration. The bill would prohibit the department from
forwarding to the federal Selective Service System for the purpose
of registering a person  , the   personal
information of   that   person who did not consent
to registration  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) California has one of the lowest Selective Service System
registration compliance rates in the nation.
   (b) Males who are between 18 and 26 years of age who fail to
register with the Selective Service System, as required by federal
law, face possible federal penalties and loss of federal benefits,
including student financial assistance, federal employment, such as
employment with the United States Postal Service, job training under
the Workforce Investment Act (28 U.S.C. Sec. 2801 et seq.), and
citizenship for immigrants.
   (c) The failure of young men to register with the Selective
Service System has resulted in the lifetime loss of over $100,000,000
in potential benefits over the last three years for young men in
California.
   (d) At least 37 states, three territories, and the District of
Columbia have enacted legislation related to the issuance of a driver'
s license in support of the Selective Service System registration.
   (e) To promote the fairness and equity of any future draft, to
ensure that important benefits associated with the registration
requirement are not lost, and to promote compliance with federal law,
the driver's license application process should be revised so that
every male applicant for an original driver's license or renewal who
is between 18 and 26 years of age consents to his registration with
the Selective Service System, as required by federal law.
  SEC. 2.  Section 12801.3 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

   12801.3.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is

    12801.3.    (a) On the application for an original
or a renewal of a driver's license, in a place deemed appropriate by
the department, the department shall include a statement that allows
an applicant to register with the federal Selective Service System
and a place by the statement for the applicant's signature. The
statement shall read as follows: 

   "I am a man between 18 and 25 years of age and I consent to
register with the Selective Service System. Consent to register with
the Selective Service System is not necessary in order to be granted
a driver's license." 

    (b)     Notwithstanding any other law, a
person who is  required to be registered with the federal
Selective Service System pursuant to the federal Military Selective
Service Act (50 U.S.C.  App. Sec. 451 et seq.) and who
submits an application for an original or a renewal of a driver's
license is deemed to have   App. Sec. 451 et seq.) and
who consents to registration with the federal Selective Service
System on an application for an original or renewal of a driver's
license is deemed to have  consented to registration with the
federal Selective Service System. 
   (b) The submission of an application for an original or a renewal
of a driver's license by a person specified in subdivision (a) shall
establish a conclusive presumption that the person has done either of
the following:  
   (1) Registered with the federal Selective Service System in
compliance with the federal Military Selective Service Act.

   (2) Authorized the department to forward to the federal Selective

    (c)     The submission of an application
for an original or a renewal of a driver's license on which a person
consents to registration pursuant to subdivision (a) shall establish
a conclusive presumption that the person has authorized the
department to forward to the federal Selective  Service System
the necessary information for the Selective Service System
registration when that person is required to register under the
federal Military Selective Service Act. 
   (c) The department shall require an application for an original or
a renewal of a driver's license to include a notice indicating the
following: 

   "By submitting this application, I am consenting to registration
with the Selective Service System, if required by federal law. If I
am under 18 years of age, I understand that I will be registered upon
reaching 18 years of age." 

   (d) The department shall forward to the federal Selective Service
System, in an electronic format, the necessary personal information
required for the registration of a person  specified in
  who consents to registration pursuant to 
subdivision (a). 
   (e) The department shall not forward to the federal Selective
Service System personal information of a person who did not consent
to registration pursuant to subdivision (a), except that the
department may provide to the federal Selective Service System that
personal information as provided in accordance with a memorandum of
understanding between the department and the federal Selective
Service System for the purpose of the memorandum of understanding.