EAO 249

A member of the legislature may use political contributions to pay for transportation to and from Austin for legislative purposes. A payment from political contributions to a business in one of the categories listed in section 253.041(a) must not exceed the amount necessary to reimburse the business for actual expenditures made by the business. If a situation arises in which a payment from political contributions is subject to both the restriction in section 253.041 and also the prohibition on corporate political contributions, the payment to the corporation must be in the amount reasonably necessary to reimburse the corporation for its expenses, neither more nor less.