Connecticut Attorney General Opinions
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Does the Connecticut Constitution require the Education Cost Sharing formula to weight a town's ability to pay 90% on property wealth and 10% on income?
No specific weighting is required. The Connecticut Supreme Court (Horton III) demanded that the state move toward equalizing educational opportunity but left the specific formula to the legislature, w…
When the Connecticut General Assembly considers rejecting a state-paid settlement agreement under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 3-125a, is the required 'three-fifths vote of each house' calculated on members present and voting or on the entire membership?
Members present and voting. The AG concluded that under § 3-125a, the three-fifths supermajority needed to reject a settlement agreement requiring more than $2.5 million in General Fund expenditures i…
Can a Connecticut city satisfy a state-deed reverter clause requiring 'economic development use' by selling the land to a private developer who is contractually required to build on it?
Yes. The AG concluded that selling state-conveyed land to a private developer, with deed conditions requiring the developer to build improvements for economic development purposes, satisfies the use r…
Can Connecticut's Governmental Accountability Commission evaluate or set expectations for the Office of Governmental Accountability's executive administrator, even though the statute doesn't say so expressly?
Yes. The Connecticut AG concluded the Governmental Accountability Commission has implied statutory authority to set goals and expectations for, and to periodically evaluate, the executive administrato…
Should the Connecticut Retirement Services Division use its longstanding pre-2011 interpretation of CMERS disability retirement and return-to-work rules, or the stricter 2011 reinterpretation?
The Connecticut AG advised the Retirement Services Division to return to its long-standing pre-2011 interpretation of CMERS disability retirement and return-to-work rules. Neither interpretation was c…
If a Connecticut school district forgot to withhold a teacher's pension contributions years ago, can the teachers' retirement board now bill the teacher (or the employer) for what's missing plus interest?
The Connecticut AG concluded the State Teachers' Retirement Board may notify a member about missing 1999 contributions and the interest owed under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-183ff, but has no statutory aut…
Can Connecticut's blind-vendor program place vending machines in quasi-public buildings like transit-district stations or the Metropolitan District Commission's offices?
The AG concluded that the Board of Education and Services for the Blind's vending-machine priority under § 10-303 covers state and traditional municipal buildings (cities, towns, boroughs) but not the…
If a Connecticut teacher elected to the State Teachers' Retirement Board as an active teacher then retires partway through her term, can she finish her term, or does it create a vacancy?
The AG concluded that the seat became vacant. An active teacher elected to one of the active-teacher seats on the State Teachers' Retirement Board could not finish out her term after retiring; the Boa…
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Attorney general opinions in Connecticut are written by the Connecticut Attorney General's office in response to questions from state agencies, legislators, and prosecutors. They are not binding like court decisions, but courts and agencies treat them as persuasive guidance on how state law applies. Every opinion above has a plain-English question and short answer, plus a link to the full original text.