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.