BILL NUMBER: AB 2201	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chávez
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members  Gordon,  Hagman, Jones,
Maienschein, and Wilk)
   (Coauthors: Senators Block and Vidak)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2201, as amended, Chávez. 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 require a person who is required to be registered
 with   under  the federal act and who
submits an application for an original or a renewal of a driver's
license to be deemed to have consented to registration with the
federal Selective Service System, as provided. The bill would require
the Department of Motor Vehicles to include specified notices on an
application for an original or renewal of a driver's license and
would require the department to forward the necessary personal
information required for registration to the federal Selective
Service System in an electronic format.  The bill would make its
provisions operative on January 1, 2016. 
   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 federal Workforce Investment Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 2801 et seq.),
and citizenship for immigrants.
   (c) California law requires selective service registration for
state student financial aid, including Cal grants and financial aid
for immigrants under the California Dream Act.
   (d) 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.
   (e) Forty states, four 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.
   (f) 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
required to be registered  with  under  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 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
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, but at least 16 years of age, I understand
that I will be registered upon reaching 18 years of age."

   (d)  The department shall require an application for an original
or a renewal of a driver's license to include a notice indicating the
following:

   "For applicants who object to conventional military service for
religious or other conscientious reasons, alternative service
information is available from the Selective Service System Internet
Web site: http://www.sss.gov/FSaltsvc.htm"

   (e) 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 subdivision
(a).
   (f) This section applies to United States citizens and immigrants
who are 16 years of age or older but less than 26 years of age who
are applying for an original driver's license or renewal and who are
or will be required to register with the Selective Service System in
accordance with the Military Selective Service Act. 
   (g) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.