1998 Formal Opinions

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• Kevin P. Johnston and Robert G. Jaekle, Auditors of Public Accounts, 1998-008 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked whether the Southeastern Connecticut Regional Resource Recovery Authority (SCRRRA) is subject to your auditing authority as set forth in Conn. Gen. Stat.

• John M. Bailey, Esq, Chief State's Attorney, 1998-003 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked for my opinion with regard to a question raised by the state auditors on the propriety of an expenditure made by the Criminal Justice Commission. It is my understanding that your request was prompted by a recommendation made by the auditors, who concluded that it appeared that the Division's June 1996 reimbursement of legal fees to a State's Attorney in connection with his reappointment to that position in 1988 may have circumvented the intentions of the General Assembly with respect to the total monies approved for payment to the State's Attorney by the Claims Commissioner.

• Honorable Joyce A. Thomas, Department of Social Services, 1998-007 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In 1995, the Commissioners of the Departments of Social Services and Children and Families requested a legal opinion on their ability to share information about families and children, notwithstanding certain statutory client confidentiality restrictions. Both Commissioners indicated that increased sharing of client-specific information would allow their agencies to fulfill their statutory responsibilities more effectively.

• Joyce A. Thomas, Department of Social Services, 1998-022 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is a formal opinion regarding whether abortion must be included in the coverage provided under the Husky Plan, Part B ("Husky B"), a program designed to ensure health care coverage to all children in Connecticut.

• Honorable Nancy Wyman, Office of the State Comptroller, 1998-004 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your December 2, 1997 request for an opinion regarding the status of state employee home addresses under the state Freedom of Information Act ("FOI Act" or "Act"), Conn. Gen. Stat.

• Honorable Nicholas Cioffi, Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities, 1998-011 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning the term of office of the Executive Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (Commission). You ask specifically when the term of office of Louis Martin, who was appointed executive director in 1994, expires, and whether he may hold over after the expiration of his term until a successor is appointed.

• Philip E. Austin, President, University of Connecticut, 1998-021 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked our office to provide an opinion on the legality of random drug testing of student-athletes at the University of Connecticut. The Division of Athletics at the University has revised its drug testing policy; this opinion addresses that revision.

• The Honorable George Reider, Insurance Department, 1998-016 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  Your office has asked this office for advice about the applicability and constitutionality of Public Act 97-58, 1, with regard to Allstate's "Do I Need An Attorney?" flyer.

• The Honorable Mark Shiffrin, Department of Consumer Protection, 1998-024 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked this office for an opinion regarding whether Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-627 to 20-630 apply to the "Pequot Pharmaceutical Network", a pharmacy owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Ledyard, Connecticut. These statutory provisions regulate "nonresident pharmacies", which are defined as "any pharmacy located outside this state which ships, mails or delivers, in any manner, legend devices or legend drugs . . . into this State." Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-627. Thus, the dispositive question is whether a pharmacy located solely on reservation land situated within the geographical boundaries of the State of Connecticut is "within" the State of Connecticut for purposes of the statute.

• Mark A. Shiffrin, Department of Consumer Protection, 1998-013 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked for general advice regarding correspondence the Department of Consumer Protection (the "Department") received from the Mohegan Tribe and Mashantucket Pequot Tribe concerning the proposed sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages at particular sites on the Tribes' federal reservations.

• George F. Wandrak, Division of Special Revenue, 1998-015 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your request for opinion pertaining to reimbursement of regulatory costs under the Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Procedures, 56 Fed. Reg. 24996 (May 31, 1991) (Procedures). You ask whether the Procedures, which allow you to assess the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe (Tribe) for "reasonable and necessary costs" of regulating and investigating operations at Foxwoods, include reimbursement of indirect as well as direct costs.

• Mr. George F. Wandrak, Division of Special Revenue, 1998-018 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether the "revolving door" limitation of Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-557d(c) applies to you if you resign as Acting Executive Director of the Division of Special Revenue to accept a position as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation (CLC).

• Michael Kozlowski, Office of Policy and Management, 1998-012 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested our opinion on whether Conn. Gen. Stat. 7-374b(b) and 7-403a authorize municipalities to issue general obligation bonds to fund their unfunded actuarial accrued pension liabilities. We understand that this request for opinion is prompted by the proposed issuance of general obligation bonds by the Town of Stratford for the foregoing purpose, and that the Town's bond counsel, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, has opined that the issuance is authorized under state law.

• Honorable Aaron Ment, Supreme Court Building, 1998-002 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  I have reviewed your December 23, 1997 request for our opinion on whether local registrars of voters are required by law to supply the Social Security numbers of voters to the State Jury Administrator to assist the Administrator in the preparation of the master jury list. According to your letter, the legislature mandated the disclosure of this information in Public Act 97-200 as a means to properly and more precisely compile lists of potential jurors.

• George Wandrak, Division of Special Revenue, 1998-010 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether an employee of the Division of Special Revenue (DOSR) may own stock in International Game Technology, Inc. (IGT) in light of the conflict of interest rules contained in Conn. Gen. Stat. |12-561.