TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
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.

Advisory Opinion Requests
AOR-381. The commission has been asked to consider whether a candidate forum to 
which only certain candidates are invited would constitute a communication in 
support of the invited candidates for purposes of the definition of "political 
advertising" in sec.251.001(16) of the Election Code. The commission has also 
been asked to consider whether a promise to abide by provisions in a city 
campaign finance ordinance may be "consideration" for purposes of the definition 
of "political advertising."
Issued in Austin, Texas, on August 30, 1996.
TRD-9612796
Karen Lundquist
General Counsel
Texas Ethics Commission
Filed: September 3, 1996