§ 6-203. Restrictions against gifts or loans to influence official acts, pursuant to Article X, Section 5 of the Constitution of the Osage Nation.
A. Except as otherwise provided herein or by other applicable law, no Osage Nation official or employee shall solicit, reserve, or accept for himself or herself or another, any gift, including economic opportunity, favor, service or goods, or loan (other than from a regular lending institution on generally available terms) or any other benefit from any person, organization or group which:
1. Has, or is seeking to obtain, contractual or other business or financial relationships or approval from any governmental office or entity with which the Osage Nation official or employee is associated or employed; or
2. Conducts operations or activities which are regulated or in any manner supervised by any governmental office or entity with which the Osage Nation official or employee is associated or employed; or
3. Has any interest which, within two years, has been directly involved with, or affected by, the performance or nonperformance of any official act or duty of such Osage Nation official or employee or of the governmental office or entity with which the Osage Nation official or employee is associated or employed or which the Osage Nation official or employee knows or has reason to believe is likely to be so involved or affected.
B. This section shall not be construed to prohibit:
1. An occasional nonpecuniary gift, insignificant in value;
2. Gifts from and obviously motivated by family, cultural, or social relationships, as among immediate family members, family inheritances, clans or districts;
3. Food and refreshments customarily made available in the ordinary course of events where an Osage Nation official or employee may properly be in attendance;
4. An award or honor customarily presented in recognition of public service; and/or
5. A political campaign contribution, in accordance with all applicable election laws and provided that such gift or loan is actually used in the recipient’s political campaign for elective office of a governmental body or political subdivision thereof and provided further that no promise or commitment regarding the official duties of office or employment is made in return for such contribution.
C. On or before October 1st of each fiscal year, each elected and appointed Osage Nation official shall file an affidavit, sworn under oath, with the Osage Nation Trial Court listing all gifts received during the previous fiscal year, the giver, and the stated dollar amount of each gift.
D. Unauthorized Compensation or Benefit for Official Acts.
1. No Osage Nation official or employee shall accept or receive any benefit, income, favor or other form of compensation for performing the official duties of their office or employment, which they are not authorized by law to receive for performing such duties.
2. No Osage Nation official or employee shall accept any benefit, income, favor or other form of compensation for the performance of the duties of any other office or employment not actually performed.
3. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the receipt of authorized compensation for the performance of other distinct and lawful public duties by Osage Nation officials or employees. ONCA 08-33, eff. Sept. 30, 2008.