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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Provide the Opportunity To Register with the Selective Service System When Obtaining a Driver's License or Nondriver Identification Card’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1.  29-A MRSA §1301, sub-§12  is enacted to read:
 
12.  Selective service registration.     Before issuing or renewing a driver's license to a male United States citizen or immigrant who is at least 18 years of age and under 26 years of age, the Secretary of State shall provide the applicant with a short statement on the requirements of the federal Military Selective Service Act, 50 United States Code, Section 453 and a federal Military Selective Service registration form. If an applicant consents to register with the federal Selective Service System pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of State shall forward the necessary information of the applicant to the federal Selective Service System.
Sec. 2.  29-A MRSA §1410, sub-§10  is enacted to read:
 
10.  Selective service registration.     Before issuing or renewing a nondriver identification card to a male United States citizen or immigrant who is at least 18 years of age and under 26 years of age, the Secretary of State shall provide the applicant a short statement on the requirements of the federal Military Selective Service Act, 50 United States Code, Section 453 and a federal Military Selective Service registration form. If an applicant consents to register with the federal Selective Service System pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of State shall forward the necessary information of the applicant to the federal Selective Service System.
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 0077
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for programming costs to update the driver's license system.

HIGHWAY FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$10,427	$0	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$10,427	$0	
 
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SUMMARY
The amendment strikes and replaces the bill. The amendment provides that, before issuing or renewing a driver's license or nondriver identification card to a male United States citizen or immigrant who is at least 18 years of age and under 26 years of age, the Secretary of State shall provide the applicant a short statement on the requirements of the federal Military Selective Service Act and a corresponding federal Military Selective Service registration form. The amendment also provides that if the eligible applicant consents to register with the federal Selective Service System, the Secretary of State shall forward the necessary information of the applicant to the federal Selective Service System. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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