A. No Osage Nation official shall appoint to any employment position with the Osage Nation or directly supervise any employee related by blood or marriage within the second degree of said Osage Nation official. Assignment of such persons to duties, positions, governmental offices, or other entities shall in all instances be made in strict compliance with the current provisions of the Personnel Policies and Procedures of the Osage Nation and its entities.

B. No Osage Nation official shall appoint to any Board, Commission, Council or Authority of the Osage Nation or an interim basis or otherwise any person related by blood or marriage within the second degree of said Osage Nation official. Should such appointment occur, the Osage Nation Congress shall request that the appointing official remove said appointee. If such removal is not accomplished within thirty (30) days of said request, the Osage Nation Congress shall initiate removal proceedings in accordance with the Osage Constitution.

C. No Osage Nation official shall appoint or confirm a person to a board that has direct regulatory or direct managerial or supervisory authority over a relative of said person by blood or marriage within the second degree.

D. An Osage Nation official who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to prosecution by the Osage Nation Attorney General and any other penalties imposed by Osage law. ONCA 08-33, eff. Sept. 30, 2008; ONCA 11-13, eff. Apr. 15, 2011; ONCA 13-54, eff. July 9, 2013; ONCA 13-69, eff. Sept. 20, 2013; ONCA 14-36, eff. Apr. 23, 2014.