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• Attorney General, DCP Issue Subpoena Regarding Price Increases, Changes In Rite Aid Drug Discount Program

• Attorney General Defends States’ Rights To Impose Age Restrictions On Violent Video Games

• The Honorable Kevin B. Sullivan, Connecticut General Assembly, 2004-003 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked for a formal legal opinion regarding the recommendation by the Judicial Selection Commission of Joseph Mengacci for nomination as a judge. You ask specifically what actions constitute "consideration" of a candidate's application by the Judicial Selection Commission (hereinafter "Commission"). As you set forth in your letter, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-44a(l) prohibits a former Commission member from being "considered for recommendation to the governor for nomination as a judge" for two years after termination of his tenure on the Commission.

• Steven J. Weinberger, Director, State Employees' Retirement Commission, 1993-001 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your letter of October 19, 1992 in which you relate that the State Employees' Retirement Commission's Subcommittee on Purchase of Service and Related Matters has requested an opinion from this office on the entitlement of Tier I hazardous duty members to obtain retirement credit for a leave of absence for service in the armed forces during peacetime, pursuant to the Veterans' Reemployment Rights Act.

• Steven Weinberger, Director, Office of the State Comptroller, 1993-009 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your letter of April 1, 1993 to this office in which you ask whether an active state employee who is currently a member of the State Employees Retirement System is barred from collecting a pension from the Judge's Retirement System while serving as a state employee.

• Attorney General Demands Access To Data Improperly Collected In CT By Google Street View Cars

• Attorney General Demands Businesses Immediately Halt Illegal Sale Of Non-Corrective Cosmetic Contact Lenses

• The Honorable Linda Schwartz, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2004-021 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have raised several questions concerning the statutes governing the establishment and activities of the Soldiers', Sailors' and Marines' Fund (&quo;Fund"), as well as the current operation of the Fund. In particular, you have inquired whether: i) these statutes' apparent delegation of public functions to a private agency, in this instance the American Legion, violates constitutional principles; ii) whether current law restricts expending Fund assets for administrative expenses; and iii) whether the law would permit the Department of Veterans' Affairs ("DVA") to conduct the intake and processing of veterans' applications for benefits from the Fund.

• The Honorable Marc S. Ryan, Office of Policy and Management, 2004-004 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In June 2000, the Office of Policy and Management retained Spaulding & Slye ("S&S") as a consultant to assist in the development and marketing of the Norwich State Hospital property. The 2000 contract also gave S&S the right to offer to purchase the property. The contract with Spaulding & Slye terminated in December 2003 and in March 2004 OPM issued a Request for Proposals ("RFP") for the purchase and development of the hospital property. In a letter dated March 3, 2004 you have asked whether Spaulding & Slye may submit a proposal in response to the RFP and what the state's legal exposure would be from other bidders if S&S is allowed to submit a proposal or from S&S if a bid from them is precluded. Subsequently on March 5, 2004, you also asked whether the state may place a restriction on the property prohibiting it from being annexed by an Indian Tribe.

• T. William Knapp, Municipal Police Training Council, 1993-028 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked our opinion on several matters pertaining to the extent of the authority of the Municipal Police Training Council (MPTC) to impose mandatory training requirements upon those persons empowered by statute to act in the capacity of a police officer.

• The Hon. William E. Curry, Jr., State Comptroller, 1993-023 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your letter of August 3, 1993 concerning the Health Care Cost Containment Committee (HCCCC) and U.S. Healthcare. Pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-259, you have the statutory obligation to establish group hospitalization, medical and surgical insurance coverage for state employees, retirees and others, and are authorized to enter into contracts for that purpose.

• Attorney General Demands Toyota Tell Consumers Whether Recalled Vehicles Are Safe To Drive

• Attorney General, DEP Announce $100,000 Settlement With Plymouth Chemical Company For Clean Water, Hazardous Waste Violations

• Attorney General, DEP Announce $1.8 Million Settlement With Industrial Laundry Company For Harmful Emissions

• The Honorable Marc S. Ryan, Office of Policy and Management, 2004-009 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  As you have described in prior communications, including your recent letter to me dated April 28, 2004, the Office of Policy and Management ("OPM") and the Department of Public Works ("DPW") have been attempting to make an appropriate and beneficial disposition of certain surplus State property, namely the property and facilities known as the Norwich State Hospital (the "Hospital"). You previously requested and received from me a formal opinion (dated April 12, 2004) treating certain questions regarding the legal ramifications of allowing a consultant to the State, named Spaulding & Slye, to submit a competitive proposal for its own purchase and development of the Hospital after it had worked for many months, under contract to the State, studying the possible development and sale of the Hospital, and helping to solicit and evaluate proposals for the property from other parties.