Formal Opinions

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• Honorable Valerie Lewis, Department of Higher Education, 2001-021 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In your June 26, 2001 letter you request our opinion as to whether P.A. 01-141, §4 authorizes the Board of Trustees for the Connecticut State University System (CSUS) to establish, subject to authorization by the Board of Governors of Higher Education, a pilot education doctoral program to be conducted at one of its institutions only or whether such a doctoral program may be conducted at more than one of its institutions.

• Honorable Theodore S. Sergi, Connecticut State Department of Education, 2001-022 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have inquired whether the provisions of Special Act No. 01-7 (S.A. 01-7), and in particular Section 5 of the Special Act, empower the Hartford School Building Committee, created by the Special Act, to hire a school construction or program manager of its choosing, without having to comply with the strictures and mandates of the Hartford City Charter and various municipal ordinances or regulations addressing the purchase of goods and professional services by the city.

• Honorable Mitchell R. Harris, State Marshall Commission, 2001-028 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In your letter dated October 9, 2001 you requested an opinion of this office as to whether the State Marshal Commission has the authority to institute a policy and procedure for the service of restraining orders by state marshals.

• Honorable Joseph Pellegrino, Supreme Court Building, 2001-018 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked whether the Division of Criminal Justice or the Office of Attorney General should represent the State's interests in matters concerning Youth in Crisis ("YIC"), brought under Public Act 00-177.

• Honorable James T. Fleming, Department of Consumer Protection, 2001-008 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

• Honorable Arthur L. Spada, Commissioner of Public Safety, 2001-011 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This letter is in response to your request for a formal opinion concerning the effect of the federal Extradition Act, 18 U.S.C. §3182 et. seq., and the Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-560, 114 Stat. 2784 (2000), on the Department of Public Safety’s ability to enforce the provisions of Chapter 534 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Chapter 534 governs the licensing of private security companies that provide private prisoner transportation services for the State of Connecticut and requires a special permit if the individuals providing such services carry firearms in the course of duty.

• Honorable Denise L. Nappier, Office of the Treasurer, 2001-009 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked whether annual legislative approval would be required for legislation allocating unappropriated surplus funds under article third, §18(c) of the Connecticut Constitution.

• The Honorable Gene Gavin, Department of Revenue Services, 2001-024 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  I am writing in response to your request for a formal opinion regarding the effect of E-Sign (Public Law 106-229; Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act) on Connecticut’s electronic records and signatures laws.

• The Honorable Kevin B. Sullivan, State of Connecticut, 2001-027 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This letter is in response to your request for a formal legal opinion regarding the authority of the Chief Court Administrator, the Honorable Joseph Pellegrino, to eliminate the Connecticut Superior Court’s Geographical Area 16 ("G.A. 16") by closing the G.A. 16 courthouse in West Hartford and expanding the boundaries of G.A. 14 to incorporate all of the towns that are currently in G.A. 16.

• The Honorable John J. Ronan, Deputy Chief Court Administrator, 2001-029 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your letter dated December 4, 2000, in which you request our opinion on whether judicial marshals who transport prisoners in motor vehicles between various facilities within the State of Connecticut are required to have a special operator's license.

• 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")

• 2015-06 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.

• 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."

• 2015-05 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")

• 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