GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 842

Short Title:  Selective Service Registration Required.   	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Johnson of Wake.
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Referred to:  Veterans Affairs, Law Enforcement and Senior Citizens.
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April 11, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT PERSONS SUBJECT TO SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION MUST REGISTER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT OR RECEIPT OF PUBLIC BENEFITS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 143B of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Part in Article 9 to read:
“Part 19A.
"Selective Service Registration.
"§ 143B-421.1. Selective Service registration.
	(a)	A person shall not be eligible for employment by or service for the State or a political subdivision of the State, including, but not limited to, all boards and commissions, departments, agencies, institutions, and instrumentalities, nor shall a person be eligible to receive any public benefits, including, but not limited to, scholarships, grants, or payments of any kind, from the State or a political subdivision of the State unless the person has registered with the Selective Service System if required by the Federal Military Selective Service Act (62 Stat. 604, 50 United States Code App., Sec. 453).
	(b)	The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section shall not apply if the person can prove by a preponderance of the evidence:
(1)	That the requirement to register with the Selective Service System has terminated or become inapplicable to the person; or
(2)	That the failure to register with the Selective Service System was not a knowing or willful failure to register."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.