Formal Opinions

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• 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.

• George F. Wandrak, Division of Special Revenue, 1997-006 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This letter responds to your request for an opinion dated January 31, 1997. Briefly stated, your letter relates that since 1993 the Division's regulations have provided: "A prize to which a purchaser may become entitled shall not be assignable." Conn. Stat. Regs.

• 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 2011-003, State of Connecticut Attorney General

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

• George F. Wandrak, Division of Special Revenue, 1997-008 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You seek our advice concerning the proposal of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation to introduce a Bingo type game as a new lottery product and inquire whether such a proposal is a permissible lottery game.

• Reginald Jones, Office of Policy and Management, 1995-005 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  Your office requested our opinion on four questions arising out of audits of municipalities and nonprofit entities conducted pursuant to the State Single Audit Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-230 et seq. (the "Act"). The Act establishes a uniform annual single audit procedure for recipients of combined federal and state financial assistance. The Act eliminates duplicate audits required under other state laws and regulations.

• Reginald L. Jones, Jr., Office of Policy and Management, 1995-030 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked this office to determine whether the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) must reimburse the Town of Brookfield for exemptions granted to Fairfield Resources, Inc. (FRI), given that the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has determined that FRI is operating illegally, and given that FRI operated in violation of a cease and desist order from October, 1993 until January, 1994.

• Richard J. Howard, P.E., State Traffic Commission, 1995-023 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested our opinion on whether the owner of an unimproved parcel of land abutting a state highway must obtain a certificate of operation from the State Traffic Commission ("STC") under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-311 in order to operate a so-called "flea market" on the land.

• Senator M. Adela Eads, Legislative Office Building, 1995-009 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to a request for advice from fromer President Pro Tempore John B. Larson in which he asked if owners of commercial or residential rental properties are required to permit telecommunications providers access to their buildings prior to adoption of implementing regulations by the Department of Public Utility Control.

• Thomas Rotunda, Division of Special Revenue, 2000-022 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your request for an expedited opinion on the proposal of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation (CLC) to participate in a new multi-state lottery game which, in part, lets players appear on a televised game show to compete and win.

• 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")