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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3265 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990113 Primary Sponsor:Knotts All Sponsors:Knotts, Whatley, Sandifer, Seithel, Hawkins, Dantzler, Stuart, Law, Klauber, Jennings Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\psd\7094ac99.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:Military Selective Service Act, financial assistance, public employment, federal provisions; Veterans' Affairs History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990113 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-560 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A MALE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER FROM OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT WITH THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE UNLESS THE PERSON IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT; AND BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-375, SO AS TO PROHIBIT AN INDIVIDUAL FROM RECEIVING A LOAN, GRANT, SCHOLARSHIP, OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FUNDED BY STATE REVENUE, FEDERAL FUNDS, OR GIFTS AND GRANTS ACCEPTED BY THE STATE OR FROM RECEIVING A STUDENT LOAN GUARANTEED BY THE STATE UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL FILES A STATEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S SELECTIVE SERVICE STATUS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 1-1-560. (A) A male person who is eighteen years of age or older and who is not in compliance with the federal Military Selective Service Act is not eligible for employment by or service with the State or a political subdivision of the State, including all boards and commissions, departments, agencies, institutions, and instrumentalities of the State.
(B) All officials having charge of and authority over the hiring of employees by the State or a political subdivision of the State shall verify whether or not an applicant is in compliance with the federal Military Selective Service Act."
SECTION 2. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-101-375. (A) An individual may not receive a loan, grant, scholarship, or other financial assistance funded by state revenue, including federal funds, gifts, or grants accepted by this State, or receive a student loan guaranteed by this State, unless the individual files a statement of the individual's selective service status with the institution or other entity granting or guaranteeing the financial assistance as required by this section.
(B) If an individual required by this section to file a statement of the individual's selective service status files a statement indicating that the individual is registered with the selective service system as required by federal law, the individual is not required to file a statement of the individual's selective service status the next time the individual makes an application to the same entity for financial assistance or a student loan guarantee. If an individual required by this section to file a statement of the individual's selective service status files a statement indicating that the individual is not required to register with the selective service system, the institution or other entity shall require the individual to file a new statement of the individual's selective service status the next time the individual makes an application to the entity for financial assistance or a student loan guarantee.
(C) This section does not apply to:
(1) a female individual if females are not subject to general selective service registration under federal law; or
(2) an individual older than the maximum age at which an individual is required to be registered with the selective service system under federal law.
(D) In the statement required by this section, the individual must certify that the individual:
(1) has registered with the selective service system as required by federal law; or
(2) is exempt from selective service registration under federal law and the basis for the exemption.
(E) The Commission on Higher Education, in conjunction with the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement and administer this section and shall prescribe the content and form of the statement required by this section. The regulations may require an individual filing a statement of selective service status to include with the statement any additional information or documentation the commission and the state board determine appropriate. The commission shall notify each institution of higher education and the state board shall notify each institution within the technical education system of the required statement and the applicable regulations."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 1999.
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