AB 2201, as introduced, 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 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.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
3(a) California has one of the lowest Selective Service System
4registration compliance rates in the nation.
5(b) Males who are between 18 and 26 years of age who fail to
6register with the Selective Service System, as required by federal
7law, face possible federal penalties and loss of federal benefits,
8including student financial assistance, federal employment, such
9as employment with the United States Postal Service, job training
10under the federal Workforce Investment Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 2801
11et seq.), and citizenship for immigrants.
12(c) California law
requires selective service registration for state
13student financial aid, including Cal grants and financial aid for
14immigrants under the California Dream Act.
15(d) The failure of young men to register with the Selective
16Service System has resulted in the lifetime loss of over
17$100,000,000 in potential benefits over the last three years for
18young men in California.
19(e) At least 41 states, four territories, and the District of
20Columbia have enacted legislation related to the issuance of a
21driver’s license in support of the Selective Service System
22registration.
23(f) To promote the fairness and equity of any future draft, to
24ensure that important benefits associated with the registration
25requirement are not lost, and to promote compliance with federal
26law, the driver’s license application process should be revised so
27that
every male applicant for an original driver’s license or renewal
28who is between 18 and 26 years of age consents to his registration
29with the Selective Service System, as required by federal law.
Section 12801.3 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is
32required to be registered with the federal Military Selective Service
33Act (50 U.S.C. App. Sec. 451 et seq.) and who submits an
34application for an original or a renewal of a driver’s license is
35deemed to have consented to registration with the federal Selective
36Service System.
37(b) The submission of an application for an original or a renewal
38of a driver’s license by a person specified in subdivision (a) shall
P3 1establish a conclusive presumption that the person has done either
2of the following:
3(1) Registered with the federal Selective Service System in
4compliance with the federal Military Selective Service Act.
5(2) Authorized the department to forward to the federal Selective
6Service System the necessary information for the Selective Service
7System registration when that person is required to register under
8the federal Military Selective Service Act.
9(c) The department shall require an application for an original
10or a renewal of a driver’s license to include a notice indicating the
11following:
13“By submitting this application, I am consenting to registration
14with the Selective Service System, if required by federal law. If I
15am under 18 years of age, but at least 16 years of age, I understand
16that I will be registered upon reaching 18 years of age.”
18(d) The department shall require
an application for an original
19or a renewal of a driver’s license to include a notice indicating the
20following:
22“For applicants who object to conventional military service for
23religious or other conscientious reasons, alternative service
24information is available from the Selective Service System Internet
25Web site: http://www.sss.gov/FSaltsvc.htm”
27(e) The department shall forward to the federal Selective Service
28System, in an electronic format, the necessary personal information
29required for the registration of a person specified in subdivision
30(a).
31(f) This section applies to United States citizens and immigrants
32who are 16 years of age or older but less than 26 years of age who
33are applying for an original driver’s license or renewal and who
34are or will be required to register with the
Selective Service System
35in accordance with the Military Selective Service Act.
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