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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates SB 316
Responses
Received From
Taxation
and Revenue Department (TRD)
Department
of Military Affairs
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of HJC Amendments
In two sections of HB89, the House Judiciary
Committee strikes reference to “a male United States citizen or immigrant who is
under the age of 26” to replaces it with more age-specific
and residence-specific language: “Every
male citizen of the State of New Mexico and every other male person residing in
the State of New Mexico who, on the day or days fixed for the first or any
subsequent Selective Service Act registration, is between the ages of eighteen
and twenty-six.”
Age-reference on page 2, lines 21-23, “If
under the age of 18….” is deleted.
A new section D is added to the legislation
regarding how the Selective Service Act applies to immigrants:
“D. The
provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any alien lawfully
admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (66 Stat. 163; 8 U.S.C. 1101), for
so long as he continues to maintain a lawful nonimmigrant status in the United
States.”
Synopsis
of Original Bill
HB 89 adds a new
section to the Motor Vehicle Code authorizing personal information from a
driver’s license application or identification card be forwarded to the
Selective Service System.
The provisions of this
bill apply only to
The effective date of
this legislation is
Significant
Issues
1. The Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) signed an
MOU with the Selective Service in 2000 for transmitting personal information to
the Selective Service. Under the current
MOU agreement, an individual obtaining a driver’s license can choose on the
application form whether or not he wants to register with the Selective
Service, or he can simply ignore the question on the driver’s license
application.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
If HB89 were enacted,
it would create monitoring and reporting consequences for MVD that currently do
not exist. Such reporting and monitoring
requirements are currently the responsibility of the federal government.
DUPLICATION
SB 316 duplicates HB
89.
QUESTIONS
1. Since
the federal government is responsible for ensuring that eligible males register
for the Selective Service, why is HB89 requesting MVD assistance in this
matter? Or, is the federal government
now mandating such assistance in preparation of a possible future war?
CMH/njw:sb