BATON ROUGE (AP) -- Gov. Bobby Jindal is asking lawmakers to give up free tickets from lobbyists, but he gave free tickets to the sold-out Hannah Montana show last month to four legislators.

Louisiana's governor gets access to a 28-seat box at the New Orleans Arena for events. For the Jan. 26 Hannah Montana show -- part of a sold-out tour for which tickets have been scalped for hundreds of dollars and parents have fought to get access for their children -- his spokesman says their office gave out 23 tickets.

After repeated inquiries from The Associated Press, the governor's office provided the information of who got Jindal's tickets to Disney's "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" when a formal public records request was filed.

Here are the recipients: Sen. John Alario, House Speaker Jim Tucker, Reps. Jeff Arnold and Austin Badon received four tickets each; Julio Melara, president of the Baton Rouge Business Report and a Jindal appointee to the the board that runs the Louisiana Superdome and the arena, got four tickets; and the brother of Jindal Chief of Staff Timmy Teepell received three tickets.

Jindal's spokeswoman, Melissa Sellers, said five tickets weren't used. In an e-mail, she said lawmakers got tickets on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Alario said the governor's free tickets often are used for economic development recruitment activities and to generate goodwill.

Sellers said the box also will continue to be made available to "those lawmakers who request tickets and any extra tickets will be made available to staff."

Jindal, who campaigned on the need for transparency in government, is pushing a bill during his special session on ethics law changes that would ban lawmakers and other elected officials from receiving free golf games and free tickets to cultural and sporting events from lobbyists. Supporters argue the freebies give the appearance that lobbyists could use them to improperly influence legislators.

The bill is awaiting debate in the House.