Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 651.005 - Requirement of Selective Service Registration or Exemption(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.Tex. Gov't. Code § 651.005
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 171, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.