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To enact section 109.45 of the Revised Code to direct | 1 |
the Attorney General to pursue a memorandum of | 2 |
agreement that permits the enforcement of federal | 3 |
immigration laws in this state by law enforcement | 4 |
officers. | 5 |
Section 1. That section 109.45 of the Revised Code be enacted | 6 |
to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 109.45. (A) The attorney general shall pursue a | 8 |
memorandum of agreement under the federal "Illegal Immigration | 9 |
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 3009, | 10 |
8 U.S.C. 1357(g), between the state of Ohio and the United States | 11 |
attorney general or the appropriate federal agency the United | 12 |
States attorney general designates, to permit the enforcement in | 13 |
this state of federal immigration laws, both criminal and civil, | 14 |
including the apprehension, detention, and investigation of | 15 |
illegal aliens located in this state. | 16 |
(B) Any memorandum of agreement entered into pursuant to this | 17 |
section shall be signed on behalf of this state by the Ohio | 18 |
attorney general or as the memorandum otherwise requires. | 19 |
(C)(1) The attorney general shall designate appropriate law | 20 |
enforcement officers to be trained in the enforcement of the | 21 |
relevant federal immigration laws as specified in the memorandum | 22 |
of agreement. Any law enforcement officer the attorney general | 23 |
designates to receive training shall be trained as specified in | 24 |
the memorandum. | 25 |
(2) A law enforcement officer who is certified as trained in | 26 |
accordance with the memorandum of agreement shall enforce the | 27 |
federal immigration laws the memorandum specifies while performing | 28 |
within the scope of that law enforcement officer's authorized | 29 |
duties. | 30 |
(3) No law enforcement officer shall enforce the federal | 31 |
immigration laws specified in the memorandum of agreement unless | 32 |
that law enforcement officer has received the training required in | 33 |
this section. | 34 |
(D) The participation of any local law enforcement agency in | 35 |
a memorandum of agreement entered into by the attorney general is | 36 |
permissive. | 37 |