TEXAS ETHICS OMMISSION
The Texas Ethics Commission is authorized by Government Code, sec.571.091, to 
issue advisory opinions in regard to the following statutes: the Government 
Code, Chapter 302; the Government Code, Chapter 305; the Government Code, 
Chapter 572; the Election Code, Title 15; the Penal Code, Chapter 36; and the 
Penal Code, Chapter 39.
Requests for copies of the full text of opinions or questions on particular 
submissions should be addressed to the Office of the Texas Ethics Commission, 
P.O. Box 12070, Austin, Texas 78711-2070, (512) 463-5800.
Texas Ethics Commission
Opinions
AOR-230. The Texas Ethics Commission has been asked to determine what a 
candidate, officeholder, or political committee may do with a political 
contribution from an anonymous source.
AOR-231. The Ethics Commission has been asked to consider the reporting 
requirements applicable to a political committee that files with the Federal 
Election Commission as well as with the Texas Ethics Commission. The specific 
question is whether the committee must report all of its political expenditures 
or only political expenditures in connection with Texas campaigns or measures.
AOR-232. The Texas Ethics Commission has been asked to consider the following 
two questions: May a legislator use the work time of state employees, state-
owned equipment, or state-purchased supplies to prepare and mail (a) 
congratulatory letters to parents upon the birth of a child and/or (b) 
certificates to students upon graduation from high school or college.
May a legislator use political contributions to purchase, prepare and mail (a) 
congratulatory letters to parents upon the birth of a child and/or (b) 
certificates to students upon graduation from high school or college.
AOR-233. The Texas Ethics Commission has been asked to consider whether a 
particular bumper sticker suggests that a candidate is an incumbent when in fact 
the candidate is not. The bumper sticker contains the candidate's name in large 
type. Under the name in smaller type are the words "A Needed Change for the 
BETTER." In the top right corner, in even smaller letters, is the office the 
candidate is seeking. The word "for" does not precede the office.
AOR-234. The Ethics Commission has been asked to consider whether a brochure 
that lists the duties of a justice of the peace and that bears the name, 
address, and phone number of a specific justice of the peace is political 
advertising for purposes of sec.255.003 of the Election Code. The office of the 
justice of the peace distributes the brochure routinely, and the justice of the 
peace hands out the brochure when he speaks at meetings.
AOR-235. Whether the "revolving door" provisions of Government Code, Chapter 
572.054, apply where an individual previously employed by a regulatory agency to 
perform public relations services in connection with an issue subsequently seeks 
to perform such services for a private foundation.
The Texas Ethics Commission is authorized by the Government Code, Chapter 571, 
Subchapter D, sec.1.29, to issue advisory opinions in regard to the following 
statutes: (1) the Government Code, Chapter 572, Subchapter D; (2) Government 
Code, Chapter 302; (1) Government Code, Chapter 305; (3) Election Code, Title 
15; (5) Penal Code, Chapter 36; and (6) Penal Code, Chapter 39.
Questions on particular submissions should be addressed to the Texas Ethics 
Commission, P.O. Box 12070, Austin, Texas 78711-2070, (512) 463-5800.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on April 18, 1994.
TRD-9439497
Sarah Woelk
Director, Advisory Opinions
Texas Ethics Commission
Filed: April 20, 1994