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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 21-79

Citation
Section 21-79
Parent Document
Eamiello v. Liberty Mobile Home Sales, Inc., 208 Conn. 620 (1988)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
1988-08-16

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We need address only summarily the defendant’s claim that § 21-70 (c) limits the authority of the department in reviewing and approving the documents required to be submitted by mobile home operators solely to consideration of the aesthetic standards contained therein. This contention is adequately refuted by the text of the statute that “all lease provisions, rules or regulations and aesthetic standards in effect shall be submitted to the department of consumer protection for review, approval and filing.” (Emphasis added.) This provision *634was applicable to leases and regulations in effect on October 1, 1983, including the lease at issue here for the period October 1,1983, to September 30,1984. It plainly authorizes the department to disapprove resale standards not conforming to law. Our conclusion in part I concerning the requirement imposed by the defendant that the plaintiffs’ mobile home satisfy the ANSI-119 standard confirms the position of the department in this regard, but also renders the determination made by the department superfluous. This resale standard conflicts with the provision of § 21-79 (b) that approval of a resale may not be based simply upon failure to meet a national standard for mobile homes and thus is invalid. Ill