PPC Realty, LLC v. Hartford, 350 Conn. 347 (2024)

Citation: PPC Realty, LLC v. Hartford, 350 Conn. 347 (2024)
Parent Document: PPC Realty, LLC v. Hartford, 350 Conn. 347 (2024)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 2024-08-12
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10266509/ppc-realty-llc-v-hartford/ ↗

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ity, the courts cannot read into statutes, by construc-
          tion, provisions that are not clearly stated.’’ (Citation
          omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.)).
             With these principles in mind, we turn to the language
          of the specific provisions of the act at issue, §§ 8-268,
          8-270 and 8-270a. In Public Acts 1982, No. 82-399, §§ 1
          through 3 (P.A. 82-399), the legislature amended §§ 8-
          268 and 8-270, and enacted § 8-270a. The legislature
          amended §§ 8-268 and 8-270 to contain this identical
          language: ‘‘[W]henever any tenant in any dwelling unit
          is displaced as the result of the enforcement of any
          code to which this section is applicable by any town,
          city or borough or agency thereof, the landlord of such
          dwelling unit shall be liable for any payments made by
          such town, city or borough pursuant to this section
          . . . .’’ (Emphasis added.) General Statutes § 8-268 (a);
          accord General Statutes § 8-270 (a); see also P.A. 1982,
          No. 82-399, §§ 1 and 2. Section 3 of P.A. 82-399, now
          codified at § 8-270a, provides in relevant part: ‘‘If any
          landlord fails to reimburse any town, city or borough
          for any payments which the town, city or borough has
          made to any displaced tenant and for which the landlord
          is liable pursuant to section 8-268, as amended by sec-
          tion 1 of this act, or section 8-270, as amended by section
          2 of this act, such town, city or borough may bring a
          civil action against such landlord in the superior court
          . . . for the recovery of such payments . . . . In any
          such action, it shall be an affirmative defense for the
          landlord that the displacement was not the result of
          the landlord’s violation of section 47a-7 . . . .’’
          (Emphasis added.)
             Thus, the legislature has plainly provided that, in the
          first instance, pursuant to §§ 8-268 (a) and 8-270 (a), a
          landlord is liable to the municipality for payments the
          municipality has made to or on behalf of displaced
          residents. Both parties acknowledge that a plain reading
          of these statutes allows municipalities to take at least
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