Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Respondent: LISA ROBERTSON
Judges: JOHN G. VAN LANINGHAM
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
Filed: Dec. 18, 2007
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, March 6, 2008.
Latest Update: Nov. 14, 2024
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STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
Petitioner,
v. Case No. 2007-033984
LISA ROBERTSON,
. Respondent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint against LISA ROBERTSON, ("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. Petitioner has jurisdiction over the unlicensed practice of contracting pursuant to
section 455.228, Florida Statutes.
3. Ati no time material hereto was Resporident duly registered or certified to engage
. in the practice of contracting pursuant to Part I, Chapter 489, Florida Statutes.
4, Respondent’s last known address of record is 7407 N. Pine Island Road, Tamarac,
PL 33321.
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5. On or about May 1, 2006, Respondent, doing business as Clear View Hurricane
Protection ("CVHP") contracted with Ralph Tumolo (“Tumolo”) for the installation of clear
panel shutters at the residence located at 8704 Mahogany Avenue, Plantation, FL 33324.
6. The total contract price was $9,424.00, of which $4,774.50 was paid by Tumolo
to CVHP.
7. Section 489.113(2), Florida Statutes, provides that "[n]o person who is not
certified or registered shall practice contracting in this state."
8, Based on the foregoing, Respondent has violated section 489.127(1)(f), Florida
Statutes, which provides that no person shall "[eJngage in the business or act in the capacity ofa
contractor or advertise himself or herself or a business organization...without being duly
registered or certified or having a certificate of authority.”
9. As of the date signed below, Petitioner finds probable cause for the charges
contained herein.
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 case excluding costs
associated with an attorney's time: refusal 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 impose
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pursuant to Chapter 455 and 489, Florida Statutes, and the rules promulgated thereunder.
Signed this 7 78 day ot Cotte. 2007.
Matthew D. Morton, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel
COUNSEL FOR DEPARTMENT:
Matthew D. Morton, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel F | L E D
Department of Business and _ Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Professional Regulation AGENCY CLERK
Office of the General Counsel
1940 N. Monroe Street, Ste. 42
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2202 CLERK Saad £
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Docket for Case No: 07-005725
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Mar. 06, 2008 |
Order Closing Files. CASE CLOSED.
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Mar. 05, 2008 |
Petitioner`s Motion to Cancel Hearing and Relinquish Jurisdiction filed.
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Jan. 09, 2008 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Jan. 09, 2008 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for March 17, 2008; 9:00 a.m.; Lauderdale Lakes and Tallahassee, FL).
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Jan. 08, 2008 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Dec. 24, 2007 |
Order of Consolidation (DOAH Case Nos. 07-5723, 07-5724, 07-5725, 07-5726, and 07-5727).
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Dec. 20, 2007 |
Joint Motion to Consolidate filed.
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Dec. 19, 2007 |
Initial Order.
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Dec. 18, 2007 |
Request for Administrative Hearing filed.
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Dec. 18, 2007 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Dec. 18, 2007 |
Agency referral filed.
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