The online versions of legislation provided on this website are not official. Enrolled bills are the final version passed by the Ohio General Assembly and presented to the Governor for signature. The official version of acts signed by the Governor are available from the Secretary of State's Office in the Continental Plaza, 180 East Broad St., Columbus.
|
S. B. No. 98 As IntroducedAs Introduced
129th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2011-2012 |
| |
Cosponsors:
Senators LaRose, Seitz, Schaffer, Jordan
A BILL
To enact section 109.45 of the Revised Code to direct
the Attorney General to pursue a memorandum of
agreement that permits the enforcement of federal
immigration laws in this state by law enforcement
officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 109.45 of the Revised Code be enacted
to read as follows:
Sec. 109.45. (A) The attorney general shall pursue a
memorandum of agreement under the federal "Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 3009,
8 U.S.C. 1357(g), between the state of Ohio and the United States
attorney general or the appropriate federal agency the United
States attorney general designates, to permit the enforcement in
this state of federal immigration laws, both criminal and civil,
including the apprehension, detention, and investigation of
illegal aliens located in this state.
(B) Any memorandum of agreement entered into pursuant to this
section shall be signed on behalf of this state by the Ohio
attorney general or as the memorandum otherwise requires.
(C)(1) The attorney general shall designate appropriate law
enforcement officers to be trained in the enforcement of the
relevant federal immigration laws as specified in the memorandum
of agreement. Any law enforcement officer the attorney general
designates to receive training shall be trained as specified in
the memorandum.
(2) A law enforcement officer who is certified as trained in
accordance with the memorandum of agreement shall enforce the
federal immigration laws the memorandum specifies while performing
within the scope of that law enforcement officer's authorized
duties.
(3) No law enforcement officer shall enforce the federal
immigration laws specified in the memorandum of agreement unless
that law enforcement officer has received the training required in
this section.
(D) The participation of any local law enforcement agency in
a memorandum of agreement entered into by the attorney general is
permissive.
|
|