BILL ANALYSIS �
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
SB 251 (Correa)
Hearing Date: 05/26/2011 Amended: 04/26/2011
Consultant: Mark McKenzie Policy Vote: T&H 7-2
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BILL SUMMARY: SB 251 would provide for federal Selective Service
registration through the driver's license application process.
Specifically, this bill would:
Require the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to revise the
application for an original or renewal driver's license to
include a specified statement that allows an applicant to
register with the federal Selective Service System.
Require DMV to forward any personal information required for
registration of consenting persons to the federal Selective
Service System in an electronic format.
Prohibit DMV from forwarding any personal information for
persons who do not consent to Selective Service registration,
except as provided in any memorandum of understanding between
DMV and the federal Selective Service System.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Fund
DMV programming/forms $515 Special*
DMV transactions/processing $211
$211Special*
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* Motor Vehicle Account
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STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE.
Existing federal law requires all men who are 18 through 25
years of age to register with the Selective Service System
within 30 days of their 18th birthday. The Selective Service
System is an independent federal agency whose mission is to
register men for a possible military draft, which enables the
nation to expand the military forces rapidly and efficiently
during a period of warfare or other national emergency. Failure
to register is a felony violation, subject to a fine of up to
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$250,000 and/or up to five years of imprisonment. In addition,
violators lose eligibility for federal benefits, including
student loans and grants, job training, employment opportunities
with federal agencies, and citizenship for immigrants.
This bill is intended to increase compliance with Selective
Service registration requirements among young men in California
by linking DMV's driver's license application to the
registration process. The Selective Service System indicates
that California ranks 47th out of the 50 states with regard to
registration of 18 and 19 year olds. Currently 37 other states
and the District of Columbia have enacted requirements linking
Selective Service registration with the driver's license
application process. DMV entered into a memorandum of
understanding with the Selective Service System in 1990
authorizing the release of personal information of license
holders who are required to register for selective service.
Since that time, DMV has provided the Selective Service System
with certain personal information of men 17 to 25 years of age
who apply for an original driver's license or identification
card, including the person's name, address, birthdate, and
driver's license number.
SB 251 would require DMV to revise original and renewal driver's
license application forms to include a specified statement of
consent to register with the Selective Service System and space
for the applicant's signature. DMV would forward the personal
information of persons who register to the federal Selective
Service System in an electronic format. DMV indicates that the
previous version of this bill imposed one-time costs of
approximately $515,000 to update application forms and perform
any necessary programming work to identify applicants who are
subject to Selective Service registration requirements and
forward specified personal information of applicants who agree
to register to the federal Selective Service System. The
current bill may require additional programming to allow DMV to
segregate data for applicants who opt-in for registration with
the Selective Service. DMV estimates ongoing costs of
approximately $211,000 based on the additional time to process
approximately 360,000 applications annually in the targeted age
range. The bill is expected to increase transaction processing
time by 30 to 60 seconds per transaction.
Staff notes that the requirements of the bill could be subject
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to constitutional challenge. Specifically, Article XIX, Section
2 of the California Constitution limits use of revenues
generated from state fees and taxes upon vehicles or their use
or operation to funding transportation-related infrastructure,
or the "state administration and enforcement of laws regulating
the use, operation, or registration of vehicles used upon the
public streets and highways of this State, including the
enforcement of traffic and vehicle laws by state agencies and
the mitigation of the environmental effects of motor vehicle
operation due to air and sound emissions." The Motor Vehicle
Account is the DMV's primary source of funding, with revenues
generated by vehicle registration fees, driver's license and ID
card fees, and several other fees imposed by the DMV for
particular services earmarked to the MVA. Since the costs
incurred by the DMV to implement this bill would necessarily
have to be paid from the MVA, the requirements of this bill
could be subject to constitutional challenge as a violation of
Article XIX.
Staff notes that there have been at least four previous attempts
to pass legislation tying the driver's license to registration
with the Selective Service System, as follows:
AB 1661 (Cook), 2007, held in the Assembly
Appropriations Committee
SB 1276 (Speier), 2002, held in the Senate
Appropriations Committee
AB 1572 (Briggs), 2001, held in the Assembly
Appropriations Committee
AB 2574 (Briggs), 2000, held in the Assembly
Appropriations Committee