STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

CONSOLIDATED CRUISES AND TOURS, INC.,

Petitioner,

vs. DOAH CASE NO: 94-5783

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AND CONSUMER SERVICES,

Respondent.

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FINAL ORDER

THIS CAUSE arose pursuant to Section 559.927, Florida Statutes, regulating sellers of travel, and came before the Commissioner of Agriculture, as head of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services of the State of Florida for consideration and final agency action.

By application dated May 25, 1994, Petitioner requested the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to waive the annual performance bond for its business as a seller of travel. By letter dated June 16, 1994 Respondent denied Petitioner,' s request for bond waiver. By petition dated June 22, 1994, Petitioner requested a formal hearing, and pursuant to Section 120.57(1), Florida Statutes, this matter was transferred to the Division of Administrative Hearings. A formal Administrative Hearing was held on December 15, 1994. The Hearing Officer's Recommended Order was duly rendered on January 18, 1994, a copy of which is attached to this Final Order as Exhibit "A', and is incorporated herein by this reference. No party filed written exceptions to the Recommended Order.

Filed May 29, 2009 4:34 PM Division of Administrative Hearings.

Upon consideration hereof, and being otherwise fully advised in the premises; it is:

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:

1. The Hearing Officer's Findings of Fact are adopted in toto as this Agency's Findings of Fact.

2. The Hearing Officer's Conclusions of Law are adopted in toto as this Agency's Conclusions of Law.

3. Petitioner's request for bond waiver is hereby denied.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

Any party to these proceedings adversely affected by this Final Order is entitled to seek review of this Order pursuant to Section 120.68, Florida Statutes, and Rule 9.110, Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure. Review proceedings must be instituted by filing a petition or notice of appeal with the Agency Clerk, 515 Mayo Building, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0800, and a copy of the same with the appropriate District Court of Appeal within thirty (30) days of rendition of this Order.

DONE AND ORDERED this :J-.'7 day or_j ,L=,f -,1,,t---=.c.,v-l' ' 1995,

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at Tallahassee, Florida.

BOB CRAWFORD

COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE

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Assistant Commisslone0

Florida Department of Agriculture

and Consumer Services

Copies furnished to:

Steven Wolf, President

Consolidated Cruises. and Tours, Inc. 8181 Northwest 8th Manor Plantation, Florida 33324

Jay S. Levenstein, Senior Attorney Department of Agriculture

and Consumer Services Room 515, Mayo Building

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0800 Florida Bar No. 655643

William J. Kendrick, Hearing Officer, Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building

1240 Apalachee Parkway

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550

James R. Kelly, Assistant Director Division of Consumer Services 232 Mayo Building

Tallahassee, FL 32399-0800

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Docket for Case No: 94-005783

Orders for Case No: 94-005783