Bill Text: OH SB98 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-23 - To State & Local Government & Veterans Affairs [SB98 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-SB98-Introduced.html
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Senator Stewart
Cosponsors:
Senators LaRose, Seitz, Schaffer, Jordan
| 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 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| 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 |
