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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The purpose of the relevant provisions of § 46a-64c is to prevent low income families from being “rejected or denied a full and equal opportunity for . . . public accommodation based solely on the presence of’ a particular source of income. 32 H.R. Proc., supra, p. 8776, remarks of Representative Taborsak. It would be inconsistent with the remedial mandate of § 46a-64c for the legislature to have afforded to landlords carte blanche authority to define the term “insufficient income” so as to qualify for the exception in § 46a-64c (b) (5). Such a construction would swallow the statute whole and render it meaningless. We have long held to the rule that statutory exceptions are to be strictly construed. Conservation Commission v. Price, 193 Conn. 414, 424, 479 A.2d 187 (1984). In light of the remedial nature of *788the statute, we are not persuaded that the legislature contemplated such a hands-off approach.

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