BILL REQ. #:  H-3791.1 

Prefiled 12/07/09. Read first time 01/11/10.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to compliance with federal selective service requirements before the issuance of drivers' licenses and identicards; adding a new section to chapter 46.20 RCW; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 46.20 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Any person who is a male citizen or noncitizen of the United States, who applies for an original, the renewal of, or a replacement instruction permit, intermediate license, driver's license, or identicard under this chapter, and who is under the age of twenty-six, must be registered as required by the military selective service act (62 Stat. 604; 50 App. U.S.C. Sec. 451 et seq.), as amended, unless the person declines to register.
     (2) The submission of an application by an applicant under subsection (1) of this section indicates that:
     (a) The applicant has already registered with the selective service system;
     (b) The applicant authorizes the department to forward to the selective service system the necessary personal information required for registration into the system; or
     (c) The applicant declines registration.
     (3) The department shall forward electronically any necessary personal information of the applicant to the selective service system within ten days of receipt of the application, as authorized under subsection (2)(b) of this section. When applicable, the department shall notify the applicant at the time of application submission that, by submitting the application, the applicant authorizes the department to register the applicant with the selective service system. If the applicant is under the age of eighteen at the time of application, the department shall notify the applicant that he will be registered with the selective service system as required by federal law.
     (4) The department may not deny the issuance of an instruction permit, intermediate license, driver's license, or identicard if the applicant declines to register with the selective service system, provided that the applicant meets all other requirements of this chapter.
     (5) The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act takes effect January 1, 2011.