A. The Osage Nation finds it to be in the best interest of all citizens and those eligible for citizenship to clarify the procedures used by the Osage Nation for sex offender registration and notification.

B. Having elected to function as a registration jurisdiction on July 18, 2007, by resolution of the Osage Nation Congress ONCR 07-12, the Osage Nation bears the responsibility of implementing sex offender registration and notification decisions and for assuring compliance with the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ¹, the Osage Nation Constitution and this Act.

C. The purpose of this Act is to implement the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act and this Act shall be interpreted liberally to comply with the terms and conditions of the federal act as presently written or hereafter amended. ONCA 11-43, eff. Apr. 5, 2011.