GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2001

SESSION LAW 2002-162

HOUSE BILL 1245

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT MALE RESIDENTS AGE EIGHTEEN THROUGH TWENTY-FIVE COMPLY WITH THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM'S REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS WHEN APPLYING FOR A DRIVERS LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD AND TO MAKE STATEWIDE A LOCAL ACT TO PERMIT THE REMOVAL OF FILED DD FORM 214 AND OTHER DISCHARGE PAPERS OR FOR THE REDACTING OF THE FORM OR FORMS WHEN A COPY IS REQUESTED BY PERSONS OTHER THAN THE FILER OR A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY, WHICH CURRENTLY APPLIES ONLY IN CRAVEN, NASH, AND PAMLICO COUNTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 2 of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 20-9.2.  Selective service system registration requirements.

(a) Any male United States citizen or immigrant who is at least 18 years of age but less than 26 years of age shall be registered in compliance with the requirements of the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. § 453 (1948), when applying for the issuance, renewal, or duplication of a drivers license, commercial drivers license, or identification card.

(b) The Division shall forward in an electronic format the necessary personal information of the applicants identified in subsection (a) of this section required for registration to the Selective Service System. An application for the issuance, renewal, or duplication of a drivers license, commercial drivers license, or identification card constitutes an affirmation that the applicant has already registered with the Selective Service System or that he authorizes the Division to forward the necessary information to the Selective Service System for registration. The Division shall notify the applicant that his application for the issuance, renewal, or duplication of a drivers license, commercial drivers license, or identification card serves as his consent to be registered with the Selective Service System pursuant to this section."

SECTION 1.1.  Section 3 of S.L. 2002-96 is repealed.

SECTION 2.  The Division of Motor Vehicles shall implement the requirements of this act at the earliest practical date, but no later than April 1, 2003.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26^th day of September, 2002.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

Approved 11:10 a.m. this 17^th day of October, 2002