(a) No person, whether acting directly or through an agent or as the agent or employee of another, may, with intent to discriminate:
- (1) ask a person seeking employment with that person or the employer represented by that person whether the person seeking employment is a member of the National Guard or a reserve component of the United States armed forces; or
- (2) require the person seeking employment to make any oral or written statement concerning National Guard or reserve status as a condition precedent to employment.
- (b) The adjutant general and the commissioner of veterans affairs shall use reasonable means to publicize this section. This section does not apply to public employers asking a question or requesting a statement for the purpose of determining whether a veterans preference applies.
- (c) Section 645.241 does not apply to this section.