Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Respondent: JOSEPH TING AND JOE`S HANDYMAN SERVICE, INC.
Judges: JOHN G. VAN LANINGHAM
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Sebastian, Florida
Filed: Mar. 14, 2007
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, April 3, 2007.
Latest Update: Dec. 25, 2024
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STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
Petitioner,
vs. , Case No. 2006-039313
_ JOSEPH TING
AND JOE’S HANDYMAN SERVICE, INC.,
Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner; DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint against JOSEPH
TING AND JOE’S HANDYMAN SERVICE, INC. ("Respondent"), and says:
1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of
contracting pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 489,
Florida Statutes.
2. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation has jurisdiction
over the unlicensed practice of contracting pursuant to Section 455.228, Florida Statutes.
3. Chapter 120, Florida Statutes, entitles the Respondent to elect a hearing
regarding the allegations contained herein. Rule 28-106.111, Florida Administrative
Code, provides in part that if a Respondent fails to request a hearing within twenty-one
(21) days of receipt of an agency pleading, the Respondent shall have waived his right to
request‘a hearing on the facts alleged.
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4, At no time material hereto, was the Respondent JOSEPH TING duly
registered or certified to engage in the practice of contracting pursuant to Chapter 489,
Florida Statutes.
5. At no time material hereto was the Respondent JOE’S HANDYMAN
SERVICE INC. duly qualified to engage in the practice of contracting pursuant to
Chapter 489, Florida Statutes. .
6. At all times material hereto, the Respondent JOSEPH TING was an
officer/director of Respondent JOB’S HANDYMAN SERVICE.
7. Respondent’s last known address is 512 Commerce Center Building 735
Suite B, Sebastian, Florida 32958.
8. On or about June 1, 2005 the Respondent submitted an invoice to Julios
Adolfo ("Adolfo”) to perform roofing work at Adolfo’s property in Indian River County,
Florida. :
9. The original quoted price for the aforementioned project was $1860.00.
10, | The Respondent was paid $930.00 by check number 995 on June 2, 2005;
$830.00 by check number 996 on June 8, 2005; and $100.00 by check nuiuber 1002 on
July 5, 2005. .
11. Section 489.105(3), Florida Statutes, provides that 4 “contractor” is a
“[plerson who, for compensation, undertakes to, submits a bid to, or does himself or
herself or by others construct, repair, alter, remodel, add to, demolish, subtract from, or
improve any building of structure, including related improvements to teal estate, for
others or for resale to others; and whose job scope is substantially similar to the job scope
described in one of the subsequent paragraphs of this subsection.”
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12, The contracting for and/or the performance of the work described above
constitutes engaging in the practice of contracting pursuant to Section 489.105(3), Florida
Statutes.
13. Section 489.113(2), Florida Statutes, provides that “(no person who is not
"certified or registered shall practice contracting in this state.”
14. Section 489.105(6), Florida Statutes, provides that "The attempted sale of
contracting services and the negotiation or bid for a contract on these services also
constitutes contracting.
15. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondent has violated Section 489.127(1)
(f), Florida Statutes, which provides that no person shall “{e]ngage in the business or act
in the capacity of a contractor or advertise himself or herself or a business
organization...without being duly registered or certified or having a certificate of
authority.” .
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the entry of an Order
imposing one or more of the following penalties: an administrative fine not to exceed
$10,000.00 per incident; assessment of costs related to the investigation and prosecution
of the cage excluding costs associated with an attorney’s time; refissal to certify, or to
certify with restrictions, and application for licensure; restriction of practice; issuance of
a reprimand; corrective action and/or any other relief the Department of Business and
Professional Regulation is authorized to intpose pursuant to Chapter 455 and 489, Florida
Statutes, and the rules promulgated thereunder.
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Signed this Alot day of NV é cea lye _
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Aura Patricia. Gaffney, FBN 437867
Chief Attomey
Unlicensed Enforcement:
COUNSEL FOR DEPARTMENT:
Jennifer Condon, FBN 0011116
Assistant General Counsel Unlicensed Enforcement
Department of Business and
Professional Regulation F | L F ;
Office of the General Counsel Department of Business and Professional Regisistion
1940 North Monroe Street AGENCY CLERK
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0750
Telephone (850) 488-0062
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Docket for Case No: 07-001172
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Apr. 04, 2007 |
Transmittal letter from Claudia Llado forwarding records to J. Condon.
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Apr. 03, 2007 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Apr. 03, 2007 |
Petitioner`s Exhibits P1-P6 (exhibits not available for viewing) filed.
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Apr. 03, 2007 |
Joint Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction filed.
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Mar. 29, 2007 |
Moiton for Summary Final Order filed.
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Mar. 29, 2007 |
Petitioner`s Exhibit List filed.
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Mar. 29, 2007 |
Petitioner`s Witness List filed.
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Mar. 27, 2007 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Mar. 27, 2007 |
Notice of Telephonic Final Hearing (hearing set for April 13, 2007; 11:00 a.m.).
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Mar. 22, 2007 |
Response to Initial Order filed.
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Mar. 14, 2007 |
Initial Order.
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Mar. 14, 2007 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Mar. 14, 2007 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Mar. 14, 2007 |
Agency referral filed.
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