(a) The Attorney General may, pursuant to the Attorney General's authority under section 3-125, enter into any agreement concerning any state-wide opioid claim, including an agreement to compromise, release, waive or otherwise settle such claim, on behalf of the state and any political subdivisions. For the purposes of this section, “state-wide opioid claim” means any claim the state asserts or could assert concerning the manufacturing, marketing, distributing or selling of opioids, or activities related thereto.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no claimant may assert any state-wide opioid claim for which the state has entered into an agreement to compromise, release, waive or otherwise settle such claim pursuant to this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 39.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective June 23, 2021.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 3 - State Elective Officers
Section 3-124. - Election; qualifications; salary; bond. Office of Attorney General full time.
Section 3-125. - Duties of Attorney General; deputy; assistants; associate attorneys general.
Section 3-125a. - Certain agreements or stipulations required to be approved by General Assembly.
Section 3-126. - Protection of interstate watercourses.
Section 3-127. - Negotiations concerning interstate watercourses.
Section 3-128. - Signature machines.
Section 3-129a. - Suppression of criminally operated corporations.
Section 3-129b. - Suppression of criminally operated businesses other than corporations.
Section 3-129c. - Actions re imposition of income tax on state residents by New York City.
Section 3-129d. - Action to enforce the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Section 3-129h. - Agreements concerning state-wide opioid claim.
Section 3-130. - Proceedings to obtain reasonable transportation rates.