Section 181.535 - ARMED FORCES RESERVES OR NATIONAL GUARD STATUS(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.