§ 3-108. Attorney General authority.
The Attorney General is authorized:
A. To appear for the Osage Nation and prosecute and defend all actions and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the Osage Nation’s Trial and Supreme Courts;
B. To give the Principal Chief, the Osage Nation Congress and its Committees formal legal opinions on such matters within the scope of their official duties as they may request from time to time, and to give legal advice to the Boards, Commissions and Instrumentalities of the Osage Nation government;
C. To appear and represent the Osage Nation in state district courts on Indian child welfare or social services matters involving Osage Nation members or children eligible to become members;
D. To institute civil actions against any Osage Nation Officer, Board or Commission Member, for failure of such Officers or Members to perform their duties as prescribed by the laws and the Constitution; and to prosecute said Officers, Board or Commission Members as prescribed by the laws and the Constitution where such violations have occurred in connection with the performance of such Officers’ or Members’ official duties;
E. To provide a report on the performance and accomplishments of the Office of the Attorney General for purposes of the annual appropriations by the Osage Nation Congress;
F. To represent the Osage Nation as requested by the Principal Chief or the Osage Nation Congress in legal interests in the Nation’s dealings and relations with all persons and organizations outside the Osage Nation government;
G. To contract or enter into agreements for basic services necessary for the operation of the Attorney General’s office, including, but not limited to, office space, communications, utilities and other goods and services essential to operation, provided the costs incurred by such contracts or agreements do not exceed budgetary constraints established by annual appropriations or Osage law. ONCA 11-65, eff. Sept. 29, 2011; ONCA 11-107, eff. Sept. 29, 2011.