Formal Opinions

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• Hon. Edith Prague Senate Co-Chair, Hon. Kevin Ryan House Co-Chair Labor & Public Employees Committee, Hon. Martin Looney Senate Maj. Leader, Hon. Donald Williams, Jr. President Pro Tempore, Formal Opinion 2008-002, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  Public Act 07-161 requires municipalities to continue to provide survivor benefits to the surviving spouse of a paid police officer or firefighter who dies in the line of duty even after the spouse remarries.

• Allan B. Taylor, Chairman, State of Connecticut Board of Education, Formal Opinion 2008-003, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have asked whether the State Board of Education should continue to enforce Connecticut’s elementary and secondary school intra-district racial imbalance statutes

• 2015-03 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  A local board of education is statutorily authorized to "reemploy" a retired teacher currently receiving a retirement benefit from the Teachers' Retirement System, but the retired teacher may receive "no more than forty-five per cent of the maximum salary level for the assigned position."

• 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")

• 2015-05 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")

• 2015-06 Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  An opinion about the responsibilities of the Executive Administrator of the Office of Governmental Accountability (OGA) with regard to labor relations. In particular, you ask who - the Executive Administrator or the head of the individual agencies - has authority to respond to labor grievances.

• Hon. Francisco L. Borges, State Treasurer, 1990-015 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested our advice with reference to an investment of twenty-five million dollars from five State retirement funds1 which you made in entities which acquired assets comprising the Firearms Division of Colt Industries, Inc. You question whether, due to the size of the investment and the participants, a notice filing with the Federal Trade Commission must be made under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Anti-Trust Improvement Act of l976, codified at l5 U.S.C. e l8a(a). Specifically, you ask whether this transaction falls under the exemption for a state, l5 U.S.C. e l8a(c)(4).

• Department of Income Maintenance , 1990-030 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You recently requested the opinion of the Attorney General on several questions relating to the impact of the federal Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (MCCA), Pub.L. 100-360, on your department's determinations of eligibility for assistance under the Title XIX medical assistance program ("Medicaid").

• Hon. Howard B. Brown, Commissioner of Banking, 1990-004 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked us whether l989 Conn. Pub. Acts No. 89-322, "An Act Concerning Liability of Corporate Directors" (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), applies to banking institutions and credit unions organized under Title 36 of the General Statutes, "The Banking Law of Connecticut."

• Honorable Bernard R. Sullivan, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety , 1990-026 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  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.

• Steven Weinberger, State Employees Retirement Commission, 2000-003 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In your letter of September 9, 1999, you asked us whether an active judge participating in the Judges, Family Support Magistrates, and Compensation Commissioners Retirement System (hereinafter referred to as the judges retirement system) may concurrently receive a benefit from the State Employees Retirement Fund (SERF).

• Senator Coleman and Representative Davis, Legislative Office Building Room 2100, 2000-015 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  By letter dated March 28, 2000 you requested an opinion as to whether Substitute Senate Bill 311, "An Act Concerning The Observance of Martin Luther King Day," if enacted, would unconstitutionally impair a municipality's contracts with its employee collective bargaining units."

• Hon. George Jepsen, Majority Leader, State Senate, 2000-009 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have inquired whether the State has authority to establish standards for air emissions which are stricter than those established under the federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et. seq. You have also inquired whether the cost of establishing more stringent standards must be borne by the State.

• The Honorable Gene Gavin, Department of Revenue Services, 2000-023 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You recently requested an opinion from this office regarding the following question: Whether DRS may disclose information including the names and/or addresses of rebate check payees who, as a result of the U.S. Postal Services or other reasons, did not receive their checks.

• Marc S. Ryan, Secretary, Office of Policy and Management, 2000-013 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  Your letter of March 16, 2000, asks whether the South Central Regional Council of Governments ("SCRCOG") is a "political subdivision of the State" for purposes of applying for and receiving a "Brownfields" grant under a program funded by the federal Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA").