Formal Opinions

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• 2018-03 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have asked my opinion regarding the ability of the Auditors of Public Accounts (APA or Auditors) to review and copy a report of a private contractor to the Department of Corrections (DOC) regarding the medical care of certain DOC inmates, even though the document is privileged under the attorney-client and attorney work product privileges.

• 2018-04 Formal Opinion, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Denise L. Nappier, State Treasurer, asked for a formal opinion concerning the impact of recent legislative amendments on the state’s bond cap and bond covenants.

• 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?

• 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?

• 2024-02 Formal Opinion Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Does the General Assembly have the authority to pass laws changing the budgeting process?

• Peter J. Martin, Chairperson, State Marshall Commission, Formal Opinion 2012-004, State of Connecticut Attorney General

  You have asked this Office's opinion about whether the State Marshall Commission may require a State Marshall to comploywith the Commissioner's policies

• Susan Herbst, President, UCONN Gulley Hall, Formal Opinion 2012-007, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Opinion concerning State of Connecticut's responsible for lease payments by University of Connecticut Health Center

• Philip E. Austin, President, University of Connecticut, 1998-021 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked our office to provide an opinion on the legality of random drug testing of student-athletes at the University of Connecticut. The Division of Athletics at the University has revised its drug testing policy; this opinion addresses that revision.

• 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

• The Honorable George Reider, Insurance Department, 1998-016 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  Your office has asked this office for advice about the applicability and constitutionality of Public Act 97-58, 1, with regard to Allstate's "Do I Need An Attorney?" flyer.

• The Honorable Mark Shiffrin, Department of Consumer Protection, 1998-024 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked this office for an opinion regarding whether Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-627 to 20-630 apply to the "Pequot Pharmaceutical Network", a pharmacy owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Ledyard, Connecticut. These statutory provisions regulate "nonresident pharmacies", which are defined as "any pharmacy located outside this state which ships, mails or delivers, in any manner, legend devices or legend drugs . . . into this State." Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-627. Thus, the dispositive question is whether a pharmacy located solely on reservation land situated within the geographical boundaries of the State of Connecticut is "within" the State of Connecticut for purposes of the statute.

• Hon. Donald E. Williams, Jr., Hon. Martin M. Looney, Hon. Christopher G. Donovan, Hon. Denise Merrill Formal Opinion 2010-003, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  This letter responds to your request for a formal opinion regarding the decision by Mark McQuillian, Commissioner of Education ("Commissioner") and the State Board of Education ("State Board") to suspend the operation of J.M. Wright Technical High School

• 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 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

• Alan S. Plofsky, State Ethics Commission, 1997-010 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This letter is in response to your February 6, 1997 inquiry regarding the Legislative Regulations Review Committee's rejection without prejudice of your agency's proposed regulations implementing amendments to the lobbyist registration laws set forth in Public Act 96-11.