Senate Bill sb1948
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Florida Senate - 2001 SB 1948
By Senator Crist
13-933-01 See HB 635
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to drivers' licenses; creating
3 s. 322.0515, F.S.; providing for compliance
4 with federal requirements by certain applicants
5 for drivers' licenses or identification cards;
6 directing the Department of Highway Safety and
7 Motor Vehicles to forward certain information
8 to the federal Selective Service System with
9 respect to certain applicants; providing
10 described notice to applicants; directing the
11 department to include a described statement on
12 certain applications for drivers' licenses or
13 identification cards; providing an effective
14 date.
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16 WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Legislature through
17 the adoption of this act to protect state residents from the
18 penalties associated with the failure to register with the
19 Selective Service System and to help ensure that any future
20 draft is fair and equitable to all potential draftees, and
21 WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that the penalties
22 associated with noncompliance with the Selective Service
23 System registration requirements are severe, including, but
24 not limited to, a felony conviction and forfeiture of the
25 ability to seek employment from certain state agencies and
26 departments, and
27 WHEREAS, failure to register may permanently preclude
28 the violator from acquiring many federal benefits, such as
29 federal employment, including employment with the United
30 States Postal Service, federal and state financial assistance,
31 participation in federally funded job training programs, and
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Florida Senate - 2001 SB 1948
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1 eligibility for United States citizenship for immigrants
2 seeking citizenship, and
3 WHEREAS, in recognition of the severe consequences of
4 noncompliance and the importance of helping to ensure that any
5 future military draft is fair and equitable, it is the intent
6 of the Legislature to notify state residents of their
7 responsibility to register with the Selective Service System
8 and to provide these citizens with the opportunity to register
9 concurrent with application for a driver's license or
10 identification card, NOW, THEREFORE,
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Section 322.0515, Florida Statutes, is
15 created to read:
16 322.0515 Department to forward certain information to
17 federal Selective Service System; notification to applicant
18 for certain license; application statement required.--
19 (1) The department shall:
20 (a) Require any male United States citizen or
21 immigrant who is at least 18 years of age but less than 26
22 years of age to comply with federal Selective Service System
23 requirements when applying to receive a driver's license, a
24 learner's driver's license, a commercial driver's license, an
25 identification card, or the renewal or duplicate card or
26 license as described in this chapter.
27 (b) Forward to the federal Selective Service System
28 information about applicants for a license or card as
29 described in paragraph (a) in an electronic format to assist
30 in compliance with federal Selective Service System
31 requirements.
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1 (c) Provide notification to each applicant for a
2 license or card as described in paragraph (a) that an
3 applicant's submission of the application serves to certify
4 that the applicant either has complied with federal Selective
5 Service System requirements or is authorizing the department
6 to forward to the Selective Service System the information
7 necessary for registration.
8 (d) Notify an applicant for a license or card as
9 described in paragraph (a) who is under 18 years of age that
10 the applicant will be registered upon attaining 18 years of
11 age as required by federal law.
12 (2) The department shall provide, by rule, for the
13 following statement to be included on an application for a
14 license or card as described in paragraph (1)(a): "By
15 submitting this application, I am consenting to registration
16 with the federal Selective Service System, if so required. If
17 under 18 years of age, I understand that I will be registered
18 when I attain 18 years of age as required by federal law."
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
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22 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Directs the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
24 Vehicles to require any male United States citizen or
immigrant who is at least 18 years of age but less than
25 26 years of age to comply with federal Selective Service
System requirements when applying for a driver's license
26 or identification card, to forward to the Selective
Service System information about such applicants in an
27 electronic format to assist in compliance with federal
Selective Service System requirements, and to provide
28 described notification to such applicants. See bill for
details.
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