Tex. Government Code § 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.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 171, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.