BILL NUMBER: AB 1436	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Briggs

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to amend the heading of Chapter 29 (commencing with Section
7593) of Division 7 of Title 1 of, and to add Section 7593.2 to, the
Government Code, relating to public employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1436, as introduced, Briggs.  Public employment: Selective
Service Act.
   Existing law requires all state agencies to cooperate with the
Selective Service System to publicize the necessity of, and
requirements for, compliance with the Selective Service Act.
   This bill would prohibit a male who is 18 to 26 years of age,
inclusive, from being employed by a state agency unless he has
complied with the Selective Service Act.
   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 heading of Chapter 29 (commencing with Section
7593) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code is amended to
read:

      CHAPTER 29.  SELECTIVE SERVICE  Cooperation 

  SEC. 2.  Section 7593.2 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   7593.2.  (a) A person who is male and 18 to 26 years of age,
inclusive, may not be employed by any state agency, as defined in
Section 11000, including the California State University, unless he
certifies that he has complied with the Selective Service Act (50
U.S.C. Sec. 451 and following).
   (b) The State Personnel Board shall adopt a rule to be enforced by
all appointing powers that requires every applicant for appointment
to certify whether the Selective Service Act is applicable to him or
her and whether the applicant is in compliance with that act.
   (c) This section is not applicable to a person who is (1)
presently in, or has been discharged from, the armed forces of the
United States, (2) neither a citizen of the United States nor a
resident alien, (3) a permanent resident of the Trust Territory of
the Pacific Islands or the Northern Mariana Islands, (4) exempt from
registering under the Selective Service Act, or (5) exempt because
the act is otherwise inapplicable to the applicant for any other
reason.