Formal Opinions

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• Allan B. Taylor, Chairman, State of Connecticut Board of Education, Formal Opinion 2008-003, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have asked whether the State Board of Education should continue to enforce Connecticut’s elementary and secondary school intra-district racial imbalance statutes

• 2015-05 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  An opinion regarding whether the State Teachers' Retirement Board ("STRB") has the statutory authority to rescind credit for a member in the teachers' retirement system ("System")

• 2015-06 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  An opinion about the responsibilities of the Executive Administrator of the Office of Governmental Accountability (OGA) with regard to labor relations. In particular, you ask who - the Executive Administrator or the head of the individual agencies - has authority to respond to labor grievances.

• Hon. Francisco L. Borges, State Treasurer, 1990-015 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested our advice with reference to an investment of twenty-five million dollars from five State retirement funds1 which you made in entities which acquired assets comprising the Firearms Division of Colt Industries, Inc. You question whether, due to the size of the investment and the participants, a notice filing with the Federal Trade Commission must be made under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Anti-Trust Improvement Act of l976, codified at l5 U.S.C. e l8a(a). Specifically, you ask whether this transaction falls under the exemption for a state, l5 U.S.C. e l8a(c)(4).

• Department of Income Maintenance , 1990-030 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You recently requested the opinion of the Attorney General on several questions relating to the impact of the federal Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (MCCA), Pub.L. 100-360, on your department's determinations of eligibility for assistance under the Title XIX medical assistance program ("Medicaid").

• Hon. Howard B. Brown, Commissioner of Banking, 1990-004 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked us whether l989 Conn. Pub. Acts No. 89-322, "An Act Concerning Liability of Corporate Directors" (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), applies to banking institutions and credit unions organized under Title 36 of the General Statutes, "The Banking Law of Connecticut."

• Honorable Bernard R. Sullivan, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety , 1990-026 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In a letter to our office from your predecessor, our advice is requested on the authority of the codes and standards committee to review the actions of the state building inspector taken pursuant to General Statutes e 29-200.

• Honorable Nicholas Cioffi, Commissioner-Department of Public Safety, 1992-023 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested our advice on whether the provisions of the Connecticut Fire Safety Code, the Connecticut State Building Code and Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-315, with regards to automatic fire extinguishing systems, preempt the field so as to preclude local ordinances on the subject.

• 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.