Formal Opinions

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• Ms. Carol Carson, Executive Director, Office of State Ethics, Formal Opinion 2009-006, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  The Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation (“the Church”) has filed a federal lawsuit against officials of the Office of State Ethics (“OSE”) seeking court orders preventing the OSE from seeking to enforce against the Church certain state laws governing lobbyists

• Mr. Brian Sigman, Executive Director, BESB, Formal Opinion 2011-005, State of Connecticut Attorney General

  Opinion as to whether Conn. Gen. Stat. §10-303 applies to various governmental entities to operate vending machines.

• Ms. Darlene Perez, State Retirement Board, Formal Opinion 2011-004, State of Connecticut Attorney General

  Inquiry whether a member of the State Teachers' Retirement Board, who was elected as an active teacher retires midterm.

• Consumer Counsel Healey, Formal Opinion 2011-007,State of Connecticut Attorney General

  Opinion regarding Department of Energy and Environmental Protection request that Public Utilities Regulatory Authority suspend proceedings in pending contested proceeding

• Honorable Leo Arnone, Formal Opinion 2011-008, State of Connecticut Attorney General

  Opinion as to wether Administrative Directive signed on September 30, 2011, is binding

• Honorable Howard F. Pitkin, Formal Opinion 2011-002, State of Connecticut Attorney General

  Legal opinion regarding whether Conn. Gen. Stat. § 36a-555, as amended by Public Act 09-209, § 40

• Ms. Darlene Perez, State Retirement Board, Formal Opinion 2011-001, State of Connecticut Attorney General

  Inquiry into whether a superintendent who received a waiver of certification pursuant to Chapter 166 of our general statutes is eligible for pension credit under Chapter 167a, the Teachers’ Retirement System

• Honorable Ronald Angelo, Jr. Deputy Commissioner DECD, Formal Opinion 2011-006, State of Connecticut Attorney General

  Opinion requesting whether an out of state housing authority may act as a public housing authority in Connecticut without being authorized

• Honorable Robert Googins, Department of Insurance, 1991-014 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your predecessor's letter of August 7, 1990, requesting an opinion regarding the proper assessment of attorney's fees to personal injury recoveries which include basic reparations benefits (BRB), under Conn. Gen. Stat/ § 38 -325(b).

• Honorable Emil H. Frankel, Department of Transportation, 1991-025 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  By letter dated July 19, 1991, you state that a company called Hartford Paving Inc. ("Hartford Paving" ) has been performing bridge painting work for the Department of Transportation ("DOT") pursuant to purchase orders issued to it by the DOT in accordance with Contract Award No. 890-A-13-1054-C. You have asked our opinion as to whether the Department of Consumer Protection has a right to attach or garnish funds.

• Honorable William E. Curry, Jr., Office of the Comptroller, 1991-015 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In 1961, the Attorney General's Office issued an opinion to the State Employees' Retirement Commission concerning the interaction between 1961 Conn. Pub. Acts No. 295 and federal Social Security reporting requirements. The opinion concluded that the State must report, for FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) purposes, all fees and salaries, from all sources, paid to sheriffs and chief deputy sheriffs. Former State Comptroller J. Edward Caldwell requested us, by letter dated December 18, 1990, to re-evaluate our 1961 opinion in light of current Social Security laws

• John R. Shears, Administrator, State Teachers' Retirement Board, 1991-029 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your letter of April 11, 1991 in which you relate that the State Teachers' Retirement Board has requested our advice on the eligibility of a member of the Teachers' Retirement System to purchase additional service credits toward retirement for time while under disciplinary suspension.

• The Honorable Reginald J. Smith, Senate Minority Leader, 1991-001 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In your letter dated June 25, 1990, you requested our opinion on the following questions regarding the meaning of subsection (g) of Section 7-147b of the Connecticut General Statutes: If the possible creation of a local historic district is being considered by a municipality under Conn. Gen. Stat. §7-147a and 7-147b, and if a municipality owns real property within the proposed local historic district, is the municipality's legislative body entitled to vote, under Conn. Gen. Stat. §7-147b(g), on the proposed establishment of the district? Under the circumstances described in (1) above, would community members, either those in the municipality as a whole or only those within the proposed historic district, be entitled to cast a vote as collective owners of the municipal property in a vote taken under Conn. Gen. Stat. §7-147b(g)?

• William W. Sullivan, Department of Liquor Control, 1991-022 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  The issue in this request for opinion is whether the census data, received by the state on January 24, 1991, constitutes "the most recently completed decennial census" within the meaning of Conn. Gen.. Stat. §30-14a.

• Audrey Rowe, Department of Social Services, 1993-032 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your request for a formal opinion as to whether Connecticut's child support-related wage withholding legislation is in compliance with certain federal statutory and regulatory mandates.