2005 Formal Opinions

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• Honorable Shaun B. Cashman, Commissioner, Dept. of Labor, Formal Opinion 2005-030, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This will acknowledge and reply to your request on behalf of the State Apprenticeship Council (SAC) for a formal opinion concerning the propriety of the issuance of apprenticeship registrations by an agency other than the Department of Labor (DOL), in particular the State Apprenticeship Council (SAC) or the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP).

• Honorable James A. Amman, Speaker of the House and Honorable Christopher G. Donovan, House Majority Leader, 2005-028, Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested a formal opinion whether the Department of Revenue Services (DRS) is required to release certain tax documents and information to the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee (Committee) in connection with the Committee’s study of Connecticut’s tax system. In addition, you ask, if we conclude that DRS is required to provide the Committee such documents and information, may the Committee permit access to an outside consultant with which the Committee may contract to conduct a compilation and analysis of the tax data.

• Honorable Louis C. DeLuca, Senate Republican Leader, 2005-029, Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested an opinion as to whether the provisions of Public Act No. 05-107, An Act Protecting Consumers in the Making of Income Tax Refund Anticipation Loans (Act), and in particular the provision limiting the interest rate on income tax refund anticipation loans, are enforceable (a) against national banks doing business in Connecticut or (b) against "facilitators" of such loans by national banks.