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. 




AOR Number 384

Whether a statewide officeholder may accept an invitation to attend a fundraiser
for a nonprofit organization during the moratorium on political  contributions. 
AOR Number 385

Reporting requirements in a situation in which a candidate or officeholder
uses  political contributions to reimburse himself for the use of a personal
vehicle  for campaign or officeholder purposes.  

AOR Number 386

Whether an incumbent candidate for district judge may use campaign  
contributions
received since October 1995 to repay a campaign loan from a 1992 campaign.
The Texas Ethics Commission is authorized by sec.571.091 of the Government
Code to issue advisory opinions in regard to the following statutes: (1)
Chapter  572, Government Code; (2) Chapter 302, Government Code; (3) Chapter
305, Government  Code; (4) Title 15, Election Code; (5) Chapter 36, Penal
Code; and (6) Chapter  39, Penal Code.

Questions on particular submissions should be addressed to the Texas Ethics
Commission, P. O. Box 12070, Capitol Station, Austin, Texas 78711-2070, (512)
463-5800. 

Issued in Austin, Texas, on October 3, 1996
TRD-9614506
Tom Harrison

Executive Director

Texas Ethics Commission

Filed: October 4, 1996