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?
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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?
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2024-02 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut
Does the General Assembly have the authority to pass laws changing the budgeting process?
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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?
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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?
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2023-03 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut
Does the abortion medication mifepristone remain legal and accessible in Connecticut?
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You have asked the advice of the Office of the Attorney General as to "whether Connecticut General Statute 17a-543 includes the Connecticut Department of Correction and/or whether Connecticut General Statute 17a-540(a) definition of 'facility' includes the Connecticut Department of Correction."
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The Honorable Speaker Sharkey asked for a formal opinion reexamining an opinion issued by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on September 21, 1993, regarding the training requirements for various law enforcement officers (1993 Opinion).
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Formal Opinion 2014-008, Attorney General, State of Connecticut
The Department of Administrative Services may enter into contracts for all types of services pursuant to the power granted to it by Title 4a, Chap. 58 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
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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.
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In your letter dated June 1, 1990, you requested the opinion of this office as to whether any person designated by you as a serving officer to collect money owed the Unemployment Compensation Fund would be entitled to a statutory right of indemnification. Specifically you inquire as to whether there is a right to indemnification from financial loss and expense from the state for any negligence or civil rights violations arising from such a person's actions while functioning as a serving officer.
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This is in response to a request from your Department for an opinion on whether your agency can use minors in unannounced tobacco age law enforcement checks at Connecticut bars serving alcoholic liquor.
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This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether an employee of the Division of Special Revenue (DOSR) may own stock in International Game Technology, Inc. (IGT) in light of the conflict of interest rules contained in Conn. Gen. Stat. |12-561.
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Formal Opinion 2014-003, Attorney General, State of Connecticut
Guarantees and surety bonds executed as described in R.C.S.A. §§ 22a-449(d)-109(g) and 22a-449(d)-109(i), respectively, are valid and enforceable in Connecticut if the guarantee or surety contract satisfies the requirements of the Connecticut UST Regulations, it meets all the elements of a valid contract and the contract is either made in this State by an authorized insurer or if made by an entity other than an authorized insurer, is merely incidental to legitimate business or activity of the guarantor or surety.
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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").