General Circular No. 001369

To: Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors

Subject: Selective Service Registration for Hiring

Issue Date: October 4, 1999

 

Please be advised that Act 372 of the 1999 Regular Session of the Legislature became effective August 15, 1999. It requires that any male who is required to register with the Selective Service for a federal draft must do so before he is eligible to be hired in either a state classified or unclassified position. We have attached a copy of the Act for your convenience. Each state agency needs to implement necessary hiring procedures in this matter.

The following web site has information concerning who has to register with the Selective Service:

http://www.sss.gov/FSwho.htm

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Allen H. Reynolds

Director

 Attachment

 

ATTACHMENT TO GENERAL CIRCULAR 001369

ACT 372

To amend and reenact R.S. 42:33, relative to civil service; to provide relative to employment in the state civil service; to require proof of draft registration to be eligible for certain classified and unclassified state civil service employment; and to provide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section 1.  R.S. 42:33 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

 

' 33. State civil service positions; Selective Service System registration required

A. Except as provided in Subsections B and C of this Section, no person who is required to register for the federal draft under Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453) shall be eligible for employment or appointment in a state civil service position, whether classified or unclassified, until such person has registered for such draft, as evidenced by a statement of compliance pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the State Civil Service Commission.

B. A veteran of the armed forces of the United States may submit a copy of his discharge papers or his discharge certificate in lieu of the statement of compliance required by Subsection A of this Section.

C. A person who has not registered for the federal draft, as provided in Subsection A of this Section shall be eligible for employment or appointment in a state civil service position if the requirement for the person to register has terminated or become inapplicable to the person. The State Civil Service Commission may adopt rules for documentation of termination or inapplicability of such requirement.