Tex. Gov't Code § 651.005 · Chapter 651. GENERAL PROVISIONS
REQUIREMENT OF SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An agency in any branch of state government may not hire a person as an employee if the person is of the age and gender that would require a person residing in the United States to register with the selective service system under federal law, unless the person presents proof of the person's:
(1) registration with the selective service system as required by federal law; or
(2) exemption from registration with the selective service system.
(b) This section does not apply to a person employed by a state agency before September 1, 1999, as long as the person's employment by the agency is continuous.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 171, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.651.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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