2006 Formal Opinions

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• Pamela B. Katz, P.E., Chairman, State of Connecticut Siting Council, Formal Opinion 2006-011, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have requested an opinion on whether the one million dollar annual cap on assessments by the Connecticut Siting Council (“Council”) contained in Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-50v (b)(1) is a cap on assessments on individual energy companies or a cap on total assessments on the energy industry as a whole.

• Raeanne Curtis, Acting Commissioner of Labor, Formal Opinion 2006-026, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  As you know, Section 31-57f of the Connecticut General Statutes provides for the payment of a standard wage rate to certain service workers employed by contractors of the state or its agents.

• Raymond M. Hassett, Esq., Chair, Judicial Review Council, Formal Opinion 2006-020, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have asked my opinion regarding the Judicial Review Council’s obligation to permit public access to records of investigations of complaints of judicial misconduct.

• Robert L. Genuario, Secretary, Office of Policy and Management, 2006-002, Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  You have asked for an opinion on the following two questions: 1. Does a municipal corporation have the authority to set different mill rates for the taxation of non-vehicle personal property and real property located within the same municipal tax or sub tax district? 2. Does OPM have the authority to pursue a reimbursement, either by direct payment or by offsetting the pending claim of the City of Stamford, for grant claims it has paid based upon Grand List years 1999, 2000 and 2001?

• Robert L. Genuario, Secretary, Office of Policy and Management, Formal Opinion 2006-017, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  This letter is in response to your request for a formal legal opinion as to whether $2.8 million designated for non-emergency medical transportation and vision benefits under the State-Administered General Assistance program (“SAGA”) in the recently approved state budget may be spent without further legislative action

• The Honorable James F. Abromaitis, Department of Economic and Community Development, Formal Opinion 2006-008, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have requested our opinion with respect to an application by the Town of Trumbull for a temporary moratorium from the affordable housing land use appeals procedure under the provisions of Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-30g(l).

• Honorable John P. Burke, Department of Banking, Formal Opinion 2006-013, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have requested an opinion whether, under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-460(a), a Connecticut bank may sell or issue a gift card for which the agreement governing the card provides that the card’s value will not expire and that no inactivity fee is imposed, although the card itself contains an expiration date.

• Honorable Linda J. Yelmini, Department of Administrative Services, Formal Opinion 2006-014, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  By request dated June 23, 2006, you have asked for my opinion as to whether Connecticut General Statutes § 4a-59a(b) allows the Department of Administrative Services (“DAS”) to extend contracts “up to or beyond one year

• Honorable M. Jodi Rell, Governor, State of Connecticut, Formal Opinion 2006-003, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  I am writing in response to your request that I review the proposal for needy Connecticut citizens to receive heating oil assistance from Citizens Energy through its agreement with CITGO, a major oil refiner in the United States owned by a company controlled by the Venezuelan government.

• Susan O. Storey, Chief Public Defender, Formal Opinion 2006-024, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have asked for a formal opinion whether the State of Connecticut satisfies the requirements of § 413 of the Justice for All Act of 2004 (the Act).