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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 | 3 |
| federal immigration laws in this state by law | 4 |
| enforcement 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. | 10 |
| 3009, 8 U.S.C. 1357(g), between the state of Ohio and the United | 11 |
| States attorney general or the appropriate federal agency the | 12 |
| United States attorney general designates, to permit the | 13 |
| enforcement in this state of federal immigration laws, both | 14 |
| criminal and civil, including the apprehension, detention, and | 15 |
| investigation of 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 the memorandum of agreeement | 22 |
| specifies. Any law enforcement officer the attorney general | 23 |
| designates to receive training shall be trained as the memorandum | 24 |
| specifies. | 25 |
| (2) A law enforcement officer who is certified as trained | 26 |
| in accordance with the memorandum of agreement shall enforce the | 27 |
| federal immigration laws the memorandum specifies while | 28 |
| performing within the scope of that law enforcement officer's | 29 |
| authorized 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 this | 33 |
| section requires. | 34 |