Section 46a-64c

Citation: Section 46a-64c
Parent Document: Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Sullivan Associates, 250 Conn. 763 (1999)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 1999-10-12
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7898215/commission-on-human-rights-oppo... ↗

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*783“ ‘[T]he legislature is presumed to be aware of the interpretation of a statute and ... its subsequent non-action may be understood as a validation of that interpretation.’ ” Martin v. Plainville, 240 Conn. 105, 110, 689 A.2d 1125 (1997); Union Trust Co. v. Heggelund, 219 Conn. 620, 627, 594 A.2d 464 (1991).29 Although we usually have given weight to legislative inaction following a judicial construction of a statute, on occasion we also have noted the significance of legislative inaction following an administrative construction of a statute. See Hansen v. Gordon, 221 Conn. 29, 36, 602 A.2d 560 (1992) (worker’s compensation review division’s interpretation); Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. Public Utilities Control Authority, 176 Conn. 191, 198, 405 A.2d 638 (1978) (public utilities control authority); Housing Authority v. Dorsey, 164 Conn. 247, 253, 320 A.2d 820, cert. denied, 414 U.S. 1043, 94 S. Ct. 548, 38 L. Ed. 2d 335 (1973) (attorney general); see also Cummings v. Twin Mfg., Inc., 29 Conn. App. 249, 256, 614 A.2d 857 (1992) (compensation review division); Meehan v. Welfare Commissioner, 34 Conn. Sup. 524, 526, 373 A.2d 1212 (1976) (congressional acquiescence in administrative interpretation of regulation; two years of congressional silence sufficient to indicate acquiescence).

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