Formal Opinions

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• Hon. Donald Williams, Jr. President Pro Tempore, Hon. James A. Amann Speaker of the House, Hon. Martin Looney Senate Maj. Leader, Hon. Christopher G. Donovan House Majority Leader, Formal Opinion 2008-005, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  This letter responds to your request for an opinion regarding the legality of proposed legislation to extend the State’s ban on smoking in public places to the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun Casinos (the “Casinos”).

• Daniel B. Horwitch, Deputy Director, Legal Services, Formal Opinion 2008-016, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  This letter is in response to your request for a formal legal opinion concerning the interpretation and application of 2008 Conn. Pub. Acts No. 08-32, “An Act Concerning Teenage Drivers.”

• 2015-02 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  Questions to the State Marshal Commission concerning laws and regulations regarding the categories of Fees/Service, E-Filing and Lis Pendens.

• Senator George Jepsen, State Capitol, 2001-015 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In response to your request, this is a formal opinion regarding whether advanced practice registered nurses ("APRNs"), licensed nurse-midwives and physician assistants in Connecticut are authorized to dispense, prescribe and administer the drug mifepristone (brand name "Mifeprex", also known as "RU-486") to women in licensed clinics for the purpose of terminating early pregnancies in a non-surgical manner.

• Senator George Jepsen, State Capitol, 2001-003 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In response to your request, this is a formal opinion regarding whether advanced practice registered nurses ("APRNs"), licensed nurse-midwives and physician assistants in Connecticut are authorized to dispense, prescribe and administer the drug mifepristone (brand name "Mifeprex", also known as "RU-486") to women in licensed clinics for the purpose of terminating early pregnancies in a non-surgical manner.

• Rock Regan, Department of Information Technology, 2001-016 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  The Auditors of Public Accounts have notified this Office of what they consider to be an irregularity in the delegation of purchasing authority from the Department of Information Technology ("DOIT") to the Department of Social Services ("DSS") in connection with the selection of a contractor to administer and develop a management information system for DSS’s consolidated Child Care Assistance Program. Specifically, the Auditors express the opinion that the delegation of authority in question, if permitted under the Connecticut General Statutes, should have been made in writing, rather than given verbally, as appears to have been the case. The Auditors have asked whether this Office agrees with their position and, if so, they have suggested that we inform you.

• Mitchell R. Harris, State Marshal Commission, 2001-025 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested a formal opinion of the Attorney General as to "whether a former Deputy Sheriff, former High Sheriff or a State Marshal who resigns from his appointment may continue to collect wage executions they had served while acting in their official capacities."

• Honorable Thomas R. Sullivan, Insurance Commissioner, Formal Opinion 2008-015, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have asked for our opinion on whether the provisions of Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a -816(15) apply to out-of-state health care providers who provide health care to Connecticut residents

• Honorable M. Jodi Rell, Governor, State of Connecticut, Formal Opinion 2008-010, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have asked for my legal opinion on whether federal law would bar the state of Connecticut from requiring Connecticut gasoline retailers to offer cash customers a discount. Specifically, you ask whether this issue is solely within the purview of federal authority

• John A. Danaher III, Commissioner Department of Public Safety, Formal Opinion 2008-007, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You requested an opinion regarding the scope of our Supreme Court’s decision in American Promotional Events, Inc., v. Blumenthal, 285 Conn. 192 (2008)

• Honorable J. Robert Galvin, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Formal Opinion 2008-006, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  It is the opinion of this office that the Department has the authority to obtain, without customer consent, customer identifying information from retail food establishments in connection with a foodborne illness outbreak.

• Ms. Darlene Perez, State Retirement Board, Formal Opinion 2011-003, State of Connecticut Attorney General

  Inquiry into whether the Chairperson of the State Teachers' Retirement Board can be elected by memebers of the Board

• 2015-01 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  Does the language in a proposed draft deed between the City of New Britain and a private developer satisfy the City's statutory obligation to use the parcel for the specified purposes and does it extinguish the reverter contained in the 2013 deed. The Attorney General concludes that the language and conditions contained in the proposed deed accomplishes both purposes, provided the deed is executed prior to October 7. 2015.

• 2015-03 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  A local board of education is statutorily authorized to "reemploy" a retired teacher currently receiving a retirement benefit from the Teachers' Retirement System, but the retired teacher may receive "no more than forty-five per cent of the maximum salary level for the assigned position."

• 2015-04 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")