Bill Text: PA HB1321 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requiring compliance with Federal Selective Service requirements as part of application for learners' permits or drivers' licenses.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 20-11)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-15 - Re-committed to RULES [HB1321 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1321-Amended.html

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1572 PRINTER'S NO. 1980
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1321 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, MARKOSEK, GEIST, FAIRCHILD, EVERETT, HESS, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KORTZ, LENTZ, MILLER, MURT, RAPP, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, BELFANTI, CREIGHTON, FABRIZIO, FLECK, HARRIS, MOUL, O'NEILL, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, SCHRODER, SONNEY, VULAKOVICH, HARKINS AND J. EVANS, APRIL 21, 2009
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 2, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, requiring compliance with Federal Selective Service
requirements as part of application for learners' permits or
drivers' licenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1521. Compliance with Federal Selective Service requirements.
(a) General rule.--Any United States citizen or immigrant
who applies for a learner's permit, identification card or
driver's license or a renewal of such permit, card or license
and who is at least 18 years of age, but less than 26 years of
age, must comply with the requirements of section 3 of the
Military Selective Service Act (62 Stat. 604, 50 U.S.C. App. §
451 et seq.).
(b) Effect of applicant's signature.--The applicant's
signature on the application shall serve as an indication that
the applicant either has already registered with the Selective
Service System or consents to registration if required to
consent unless the applicant affirmatively indicates lack of
consent by checking the box provided on the application.
(c) Notification to applicant.--The department shall place a
check-off box as required under subsection (b) and the following
statement on the application:
By signing this application you are consenting to
registration with the Selective Service System, if so
required by Federal Law, unless you affirmatively indicate
your lack of consent by placing a check mark in the box
provided herein. Failure to register, if required to do so,
is a felony.
(d) Failure to consent.--If the applicant declines to
consent to registration with the Selective Service System, the
department shall not deny the applicant a license or
identification card for failure to consent to registration.
(e) Reporting of information.--
(1) The department shall forward, in electronic format
to the Selective Service System, the necessary personal
information of the applicants required to comply with the
Military Selective Service Act. If the applicant fails to
consent to registration, the department shall forward, in
electronic format to the Selective Service System, the
necessary personal information along with a notation that
registration was declined.
(2) Within 60 days of forwarding the information to the
Selective Service System under paragraph (1), the department
shall notify the applicant in writing that the information
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has been so forwarded. This paragraph shall not apply if the <--
cost is not reimbursed as set forth under subsection (f).
(f) Costs.--The department shall obtain reimbursement of
costs it incurs under this section from the Selective Service
System.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
(f) Memorandum of understanding.--The department shall seek <--
to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Selective
Service System to obtain reimbursement of costs incurred by the
department in carrying out the provisions of this section. The
department shall publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin notice of
the execution of the memorandum of understanding within 14 days
of its execution.
Section 2. The addition of 75 Pa.C.S. § 1521 shall apply
upon publication of the notice under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1521(f).
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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