Opinion No. (1989)

ON MAY 12, 1989, YOU WROTE TO THIS OFFICE SEEKING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S ADVICE ON SEVERAL QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO POLITICAL FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES OF SITTING COMMISSIONERS. AT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REQUEST, HAVE RESPONDED TO YOUR INQUIRIES BY LETTERS DATED JUNE 14 AND 18, 1989, ADVISING YOU IN ESSENCE THAT THE OKLAHOMA ETHICAL STANDARDS AND CAMPAIGN COMPLIANCE ACT, 74 O.S. 4201 (1988) ET SEQ. (THE "ETHICS ACT"), AND 17 O.S. 177 (1981), AS AMENDED BY SENATE BILL 384, SHOULD GUIDE YOUR ACTIVITIES IN THAT REGARD.

ON JULY 21, 1989, WE HAD A MEETING AT WHICH YOU POSED A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION AS TO…