(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities shall have jurisdiction over any complaint filed pursuant to section
46a-82 on or before January 1, 1996, which has not been finally adjudicated or resolved by action of the commission, that the commission would have had jurisdiction over but for the failure of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities to comply with the time requirements of chapter 814c.
(b) If the commission fails to issue a determination of reasonable cause or no reasonable cause on any such complaint not later than January 1, 1997, the executive director of the commission shall issue forthwith a release of the complaint from the commission, allowing the complainant to bring a civil action. Upon receipt of a release pursuant to this section, the complainant may bring a civil action in accordance with the provisions of sections 46a-100, 46a-101, 46a-103 and 46a-104, notwithstanding the statute of limitations pursuant to section 46a-102.
(P.A. 96-241, S. 1, 7.)
History: P.A. 96-241 effective June 6, 1996.
P.A. 96-241 intends that commission be provided with authority to proceed on all complaints in which it had not complied with deadlines set forth in Secs. 46a-83(b) and 46a-84(b); P.A. 96-241 affects only choice of forum and does not affect substantive rights to a claim or defense. 248 C. 392.
Notes of Decisions
Bogdahn v. Hamilton Stan. Space Sys., No. Cv 97-0569864-S (July 21, 1999), 741 A.2d 1003 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1999).
· cites it 19× “B Next, the defendants argue that the plaintiff did not have a private cause of action because the release granted by the commission was issued pursuant to General Statutes § 46a-82b. According to the complaint, Pelletier filed a complaint with the commission on June *160 1,…”
Angelsea Prods., Inc. v. Comm'n on Human Rights & Opportunities, 727 A.2d 1268 (Conn. 1999).
· cites it 8× “Public Act 96-241, § 1 (a), which is codified at General Statutes § 46a-82b (a), provides, with respect to complaints pending before the commission, that “ [notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities…”
Williams v. Comm'n on Human Rights & Opportunities, 733 A.2d 902 (Conn. App. Ct. 1999).
· cites it 2× “We are dealing in this case with the jurisdiction of the commission over a complaint that has been filed untimely by a claimant, not the jurisdiction of the commission to proceed in cases in which the commission has failed to meet the statutory time requirements imposed on it.”
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