§ 1-2z

Citation: § 1-2z
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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§ 1-2z; Gilmore v. Pawn King, Inc., supra, 313 Conn.
       542–43. In addition, we note that, ‘‘if possible, the com-
       ponent parts of a statute should be construed harmoni-
       ously in order to render an overall reasonable
       interpretation.’’ (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
       Board of Education v. State Board of Education, 278
       Conn. 326, 333, 898 A.2d 170 (2006). However, we can-
       not go so far as to import additional provisions into
       statutory schemes in an effort to create greater harmony
       or consistency than the terms of the statute permit.
       See, e.g., Battersby v. Battersby, 218 Conn. 467, 470,
       590 A.2d 427 (1991) (‘‘When language used in a statute
       is clear and unambiguous, its meaning is not subject
       to modification or construction. . . . Absent ambigu-
       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-
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