Formal Opinions

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• 2024-01 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Does the Connecticut constitution allow ranked choice voting in general elections for state office?

• 2024-02 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Does the General Assembly have the authority to pass laws changing the budgeting process?

• 2025-01 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Does the transfer of interest earned on ARPA funds from the Treasurer’s Interest Credit Program to the General Fund violate Special Act 21-1?

• 2023-01 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  As a quasi-public agency, when can the Connecticut Port Authority enter into public-private partnerships?

• 2023-02 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut.

  Are Judicial Branch probation officers bound by the intervention and reporting requirements in 2020’s Police Accountability Act?

• 2023-03 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Does the abortion medication mifepristone remain legal and accessible in Connecticut?

• 2016-02 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  Records associated with a conviction for which a conditional pardon has been granted are not subject to erasure under state law.

• 2016-03 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  What is the impact legislation authorizing daily fantasy sports contests may have on the State's current revenue-sharing arrangements with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation ("MPTN") and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the "Mohegan Tribe," together with MPTN, the "Tribes"). Although there is a high degree of uncertainty, there is a substantial risk that the passage of such legislation could jeopardize the State's revenue-sharing arrangements with the Tribes.

• 2017-01 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  Senator Fasano's request on the requirements of Conn. Gen. Stat. §3-125a, which provides that the General Assembly may reject a settlement agreement by a "three-fifths vote of each house."

• 2017-03 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  Honorable Senator Bob Duff has asked whether certain potential changes to Connecticut's Education Cost Sharing ("ECS") formula would violate our state constitution. Specifically, you ask whether our constitution requires that the ECS formula measure a town's ability to raise property tax revenue "using a ratio of ninety percent property wealth and ten percent income wealth."

• 2017-04 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  Commissioner Robert Klee asked my office for an opinion identifying the owner of a structure commonly known as the Stonington Harbor Breakwater, which is located in the Stonington Harbor adjacent to Stonington, CT (the "Breakwater").

• 2017-08 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  An opinion on questions about the Governor's authority to direct the expenditure of funds by executive order in the absence of legislatively enacted appropriations.

• 2017-05 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  Formal opinion on whether, for purposes of administering the provisions of Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-28(b), a resident of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (MPTN) reservation is a bona fide permanent resident of the Town of Ledyard such that local authorities are empowered to issue a temporary state permit to such individuals, and based thereon, the Commissioner of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (Commissioner) is authorized to issue a state permit to carry pistols and revolvers.

• 2017-02 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  Governor Malloy has requested an opinion, in light of the enactment of Special Act 15-7 and the subsequent developments pursuant to it, of the risks associated with moving forward with the process for authorizing a casino gaming facility operated by an entity jointly owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (MPTN) and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (Mohegan) (collectively, Tribes).

• 2017-06 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  Speaker Aresimowicz and Majority Leader Ritter have requested an opinion about whether the legal principles and cautions set forth in Attorney General Opinion No. 89-11 , 1989 WL 505894 (May 9, 1989) ("Opinion 89-11 ") concerning the constitutionality of legislative enactments altering the provisions of collective bargaining agreements between the State and its employees remain in force today. Although subsequent cases have further developed the law, we conclude that the principles and cautions expressed in Opinion 89-11 continue to apply.