House of Representatives

HB 2568

driver license issuance; military service

NOW: driver license; military service

Sponsors: Representatives Marsh, Avelar, Soltero et al.

 

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Committee on Military, Veterans' Affairs & Aviation

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Committee on Transportation

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Caucus and COW

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Third Read

 

 

As Passed the House

 

HB 2568, as amended in the Transportation Committee, allows a male between sixteen and twenty-six years of age to utilize the driver license or identification card application process to voluntarily affirm Selective Service Administration registration, or to voluntarily register with the Selective Service Administration.

 

Current Status

HB 2568 passed the Military, Veterans’ Affairs & Aviation Committee unamended. HB 2568 passed the Transportation Committee with a strike-everything amendment that allows a male between sixteen and twenty-six years of age to utilize the driver license or identification card application process to voluntarily affirm Selective Service Administration registration, or to voluntarily register with the Selective Service Administration.  HB 2568 passed the Committee of the Whole with the strike-everything amendment proposed in the Transportation Committee and with a floor amendment that changes the age bracket that a male can check either of the boxes on a drivers license or identification card application relating to the Selective Service System to under 18 but less than 26 years of age.

 

History

The Military Selective Service Act (50 USC appendix section 453) requires virtually all men who are at least 18 but not yet 26, to register with the Selective Service Administration.

 

Provisions (Transportation S/E)

·        Allows a male between sixteen and twenty-six years of age to check the box on a driver license or identification card application to indicate that they have registered with the affirm Selective Service Administration, and that the applicant authorizes MVD to forward the information to the Selective Service Administration.

·        Allows a male between sixteen and twenty-six years of age to check the box on a driver license or identification card application requesting that MVD forward the driver license application information to the Selective Service Administration for the purposes of registration.

·        Prohibits MVD from forwarding the applicant’s information to the Selective Service Administration if the box on the application is not checked.

·        Prohibits MVD from implementing these provisions unless the Selective Service Administration provides funding adequate to cover MVD’s implementation costs.

·        Contains a delayed effective date of December 31, 2002.

 

The Strike-Everything Amendment was adopted in the Transportation Committee.

 

HB 2568 was amended in the Committee of the Whole as follows:

·        Changes the age bracket that a male can check either boxes on a driver license or identification card application relating to the Selective Service System to under 18 but less than 26 years of age.

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·        45th Legislature              

·        Second Regular Session  2          April 6, 2002

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