HBA-NRS C.S.H.B. 116 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 116
By: Najera
Public Safety
3/1/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
 
Under current federal law, a man between the ages of 18 and 26 must
register with the United States Selective Service System (system). A man
who is not registered with the system in accordance with federal law is
ineligible to receive federal funds and state student loans and may not be
hired as a state employee. C.S.H.B. 116 requires the Department of Public
Safety to electronically send information, including the applicant's social
security number, from an application for a driver's license to the United
States Selective Service System for the purpose of registering an applicant
under the Military Selective Service Act. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 116 amends the Transportation Code to authorize information
provided on a driver's license application that relates to the applicant's
social security number to be used only by the  Department of Public Safety
(DPS) or disclosed to the United States Selective Service System (system).
The bill  requires DPS to send in an electronic format information,
including the applicant's social security number, from an application for a
driver's license submitted by a male applicant to the system for the
purpose of registering the applicant under the Military Selective Service
Act. The bill prohibits DPS from issuing a driver's license to the
applicant if the applicant does not submit the necessary information.
Before accepting an application from an applicant, the bill requires DPS to
notify the applicant that the application for a driver's license also
constitutes registration with the system for persons who are subject to
registration and who have not previously registered. The bill provides that
the applicant's submission of an application following this notification
constitutes the applicant's consent to the sending of the information,
including the applicant's social security number, and to the registration.
The bill authorizes DPS to post signs providing the information contained
in the notification in English and Spanish at each location where
applications for driver's licenses are accepted. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 116 modifies the original by authorizing the disclosure to the
United States Selective Service System (system) of information provided on
a driver's license application that relates to an applicant's social
security number. The substitute prohibits the Department of Public Safety
(DPS) from issuing a driver's license to the applicant if the applicant
does not submit the necessary information. The substitute no longer
requires DPS to send information from an application for a personal
identification certificate to the system. The substitute removes provisions
in the original relating to a personal identification certificate and
removes the provision stating that the required registration with the
system does not apply to an  applicant concerning whom DPS has previously
sent information to the system. The substitute removes the requirement that
the notification DPS provides applicants concerning registration be given
orally.