WEST virginia Legislature
2016 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4512
By Delegates J. Nelson, Phillips, Perdue, D. Evans, Cooper, Longstreth, Pushkin, McGeehan, Upson, Arvon and Lynch
[Introduced February 11,
2016; Referred
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Homeland Security then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §17B-2A-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to registration for selective service.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §17B-2A-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2A. REQUIREMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION.
§17B-2A-2. Compliance with registration requirements of military selective service act.
The Division of Motor
Vehicles shall provide a mechanism on each application for the issuance,
renewal or duplicate of an instruction permit, a driver=s license, a professional driver=s license, a commercial driver=s license or an identification card by which those
persons required to register in compliance with the requirements of section
three of the AMilitary
Selective Service Act@, 50 U.S.C.
App. 451, et seq., may indicate their preference to allow the division
to forward required information to the selective service system. If the
applicant so indicates, his or her signature on the application may serve as
his consent to registration with the selective service system, if he is not
already registered automatically enroll those persons required to register
in compliance with the requirements of section three of the "Military
Selective Service Act", 50 U.S.C. App. 451, et seq., who have not
previously registered, on each application for the issuance, renewal or
duplicate of an instruction permit, a driver's license, a professional driver's
license, a commercial driver's license or an identification card. Upon
registration, the division shall forward the required information to the Selective
Service System.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require automatic selective service registration at the Division of Motor Vehicles.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.