First Regular Session
Sixty-second General Assembly
LLS NO. 99-0863.01 Jeff Conway HOUSE BILL 99-1376
STATE OF COLORADO
BY REPRESENTATIVES Sinclair, May, Johnson, Kaufman, Kester,
Lee, McKay, Miller, Nunez, Scott, Taylor, Tochtrop, Webster;
also SENATOR Owen.
REENGROSSED
STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
A BILL FOR AN ACT
101 []CONCERNING MEASURES TO REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL
102 SELECTIVE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, AND, IN CONNECTION
103 THEREWITH, REQUIRING COMPLIANCE FOR RECEIPT OF
104 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND FOR STATE EMPLOYMENT AND
105 REQUIRING DISTRIBUTION OF REGISTRATION FORMS TO CERTAIN
106 DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICANTS.
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
adopted.)
[ ] denotes HOUSE amendment. { } denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate material to be deleted from existing statute.
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[]Adds as a criterion for eligibility for unemployment benefits the
requirement that an applicant shall provide a statement of compliance
with the federal selective service law.
Disqualifies an applicant for state employment who fails to
provide a statement of compliance with the federal selective service law
when applying for the position.
Requires the department of revenue to provide selective service
registration forms to any male who is at least 18 years of age but less
than 26 years of age and who is applying for:
An instruction permit;
A driver's license;
A provisional driver's license;
A commercial driver's license; or
A license renewal.
1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
2 SECTION 1. 8-73-107 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
3 amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read:
4 8-73-107. Eligibility conditions - penalty. (1) Any unemployed
5 individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week
6 only if the division finds that:
7 (j) WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL IS A MALE WHO IS AT LEAST EIGHTEEN
8 YEARS OF AGE BUT LESS THAN TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF AGE, THE
9 INDIVIDUAL HAS FURNISHED THE DIVISION WITH A STATEMENT OF
10 SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION COMPLIANCE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED
11 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE DIVISION. IN SUCH STATEMENT OF
12 REGISTRATION COMPLIANCE, THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL CERTIFY, UNDER
13 OATH, EITHER THAT HE IS REGISTERED WITH THE SELECTIVE SERVICE
14 SYSTEM PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3 OF THE "MILITARY
15 SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT", 50 U.S.C. APP. SEC. 453, AS AMENDED, OR
16 THAT, FOR ANY REASON SPECIFIED IN 50 U.S.C. APP. SEC. 453, HE IS NOT
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1 REQUIRED TO REGISTER. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE
2 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PARAGRAPH (j) MAY FILE, BUT SHALL NOT BE
3 REQUIRED TO FILE, A STATEMENT INDICATING HIS POSITION AS A
4 CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR.
5 SECTION 2. Article 5 of title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes, is
6 amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read:
7 24-5-102. State employment - eligibility - compliance with
8 federal law - selective service. A MALE APPLICANT FOR A POSITION OF
9 EMPLOYMENT WITH THE STATE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THAT POSITION
10 IS WITHIN THE STATE PERSONNEL SYSTEM, WHO IS AT LEAST EIGHTEEN
11 YEARS OF AGE BUT LESS THAN TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF AGE SHALL NOT BE
12 CONSIDERED QUALIFIED FOR SUCH EMPLOYMENT IF THE APPLICANT FAILS
13 TO FURNISH AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION A STATEMENT OF SELECTIVE
14 SERVICE REGISTRATION COMPLIANCE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED FOR SUCH
15 PURPOSE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL. IN SUCH STATEMENT OF
16 REGISTRATION COMPLIANCE, THE APPLICANT SHALL CERTIFY, UNDER
17 OATH, EITHER THAT HE IS REGISTERED WITH THE SELECTIVE SERVICE
18 SYSTEM PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3 OF THE "MILITARY
19 SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT", 50 U.S.C. APP. SEC. 453, AS AMENDED, OR
20 THAT, FOR ANY REASON SPECIFIED IN 50 U.S.C. APP. SEC. 453, HE IS NOT
21 REQUIRED TO REGISTER. AN APPLICANT WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE
22 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION MAY FILE, BUT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
23 TO FILE, A STATEMENT INDICATING HIS POSITION AS A CONSCIENTIOUS
24 OBJECTOR.
25 SECTION 3. 42-2-107, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
26 BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:
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1 42-2-107. Application for license or instruction permit -
2 anatomical gifts - donations to organ and tissue donation awareness
3 fund - legislative declaration. (7) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE TO
4 ANY MALE WHO IS AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE BUT LESS THAN
5 TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF AGE AND WHO IS APPLYING FOR AN INSTRUCTION
6 PERMIT, A DRIVER'S OR PROVISIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR A RENEWAL OF
7 ANY OF SUCH LICENSES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION A STANDARDIZED
8 FORM THAT MAY BE USED BY SUCH PERSON TO REGISTER WITH THE
9 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3
10 OF THE "MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT", 50 U.S.C. APP. SEC. 453, AS
11 AMENDED.
12 SECTION 4. 42-2-403, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
13 BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:
14 42-2-403. Department authority - rules and regulations -
15 federal requirements. (4) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE TO ANY
16 MALE WHO IS AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE BUT LESS THAN
17 TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF AGE AND WHO IS APPLYING FOR A COMMERCIAL
18 DRIVER'S LICENSE OR A RENEWAL OF SUCH LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS
19 PART 4 A STANDARDIZED FORM THAT MAY BE USED BY SUCH PERSON TO
20 REGISTER WITH THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM PURSUANT TO THE
21 PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3 OF THE "MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT",
22 50 U.S.C. APP. SEC. 453, AS AMENDED.
23 SECTION 5. Effective date - applicability. This act shall take
24 effect July 1, 1999, and shall apply to male individuals at least eighteen
25 years of age but less than twenty-six years of age applying for
26 unemployment benefits, state employment, or issuance or renewal of an
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1 instruction permit, a driver's license, a provisional driver's license, or a
2 commercial driver's license on or after said date.
3 SECTION 6. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
4 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
5 preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.[]