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-412. The Texas Ethics Commission has been asked whether a judicial candidate 
or officeholder may use political contributions to repay himself with interest 
for political expenditures from personal funds. 
AOR-413. The Texas Ethics Commission has been asked whether a partnership that 
has a corporate partner may make a political contribution if the partnership 
does not allocate any amount of the contribution to the partnership account of 
the corporate partner and also whether limited liability companies may make 
political contributions.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on July 30, 1997.
TRD-9709936
Tom Harrison
Executive Director
Texas Ethics Commission
Filed: July 31, 1997

Ethics Advisory Opinion
EAO-371. Questions regarding the application of Chapter 572 of the Government 
Code to a legislator's representation of clients in the legislator's private 
legal practice. (AOR-407)
SUMMARY. A legislator may not represent a person for compensation before a state 
agency in the executive branch unless the representation (1) is made in a 
proceeding that is adversary in nature or in another public hearing that is a 
matter of record or (2) involves only ministerial acts on the part of the 
agency. Beginning on September 1, 1997, a legislator representing a person for 
compensation before a state agency will be required to disclose to the agency 
the fact that the legislator is receiving compensation for the representation.
A legislator who represents a person for compensation before an executive state 
agency must report the name of the agency, the name of the person represented, 
and the category of the amount of compensation on his or her personal financial 
statement.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on July 24, 1997.
TRD-9710010
Tom Harrison
Executive Director
Texas Ethics Commission
Filed: August 1, 1997