STATE OF FLORIDA

DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF ) PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, FLORIDA ) CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LICENSING ) BOARD, )

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Petitioner, )

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vs. ) CASE NO. 82-2528

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RICHARD J. HUGHES, )

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Respondent. )

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RECOMMENDED ORDER

Pursuant to notice, this cause came on for formal hearing before Marvin E. Chavis, duly designated Hearing Officer of the Division of Administrative Hearings, in Sarasota, Florida.

APPEARANCES

For Petitioner: Jean Heerema, Esquire

Post Office Box 1386 Tallahassee, Florida 32302

For Respondent: Judith S. Kavanaugh, Esquire

Post Office Box 9480 Bradenton, Florida 33506

ISSUE

This matter concerns the issue of whether the Respondent's license as a heating and air conditioning contractor should be suspended, revoked or other disciplinary action taken as a result of allegedly contracting outside the scope of his license, willfully or deliberately violating a local building code by failing to pull a permit, and failing to affix his license number to a contract and making an untrue representation in the practice of contracting.

Counsel for both Petitioner and Respondent have submitted proposed findings of fact for consideration by the Hearing Officer. To the extent that such findings of fact are not adopted in this Recommend Order, they have been rejected as being irrelevant to the issue in this cause, or as not having been supported by the evidence.

Docket for Case No: 82-002528

Orders for Case No: 82-002528