usNGS * STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LICENSING BOARD DIVISION I DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, Petitioner, 00-09 g3 Case No. 98-20163 vs. NEAL JON BLUST, Respondent. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Construction Industry Licensing Board, against NEAL JON BLUST, ("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. Respondent is, and has been at all times material UW UW hereto, a Certified Residential Contractor, in the State of Florida, having been issued license number CR C027153. 3. Respondent's last known address is 458 SW 3 Avenue, Boynton Beach, Florida 33435. 4. At all times material hereto, Respondent was the licensed qualifier for Master Home Builders (hereinafter referred to as "Contractor") and was responsible in such capacity for all of its contracting activities. COUNT I 5. Petitioner realleges and incorporates the allegations set forth in paragraphs one through four as though fully set forth in this Count I. 6. On or about June 24, 1995, the Contractor contracted with Marc Sorenson and Jane Murphy (hereinafter referred to as “Customers”) to construct a new home in Palm Beach County, Florida for Sixty Two Thousand, Nine Hundred dollars ($62,900.00). 7. On or about June 24, 1995, the Customers’ paid the Contractor a check for One Thousand, Eight Hundred Eighty Seven dollars ($1,887.00). 8. On or about October 27, 1995, through a construction lender, the Customers’ paid the Contractor Three Thousand, Two Hundred Three dollars ($3,203.00). 9. The Contractor failed to commence construction on the Customer’s project. WY Nw 10. The Contractor abandoned the project without just cause or notice to the owner. 11. Based on the foregoing, the Respondent violated Section 489.129(1) (k), Florida Statutes (1995), by abandoning a construction project in which the contractor is engaged or under contract as a contractor. A project may be presumed abandoned after 90 days if the contractor terminates the project without just cause or without proper notification to the owner, including the reason for termination, or fails to perform work without just cause for 90 consecutive days. WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Construction Industry Licensing Board enter an Order imposing one or more of the following penalties: place on probation, reprimand the licensee, revoke, suspend, deny the issuance or renewal of the certificate or registration, require financial restitution to a consumer, impose an administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 per violation, require continuing education, assess costs associated with investigation and prosecution, impose any or all penalties delineated within Section 455.227(2), Florida Statutes, and/or any other relief that the Board is authorized to impose pursuant to Chapters 489, 455, Florida - Statutes, and/or the rulps promulg U ated thereunder. ed ; a Signed this ( day of , 1999. COUNSEL FOR DEPARTMENT: Diane Snell Perera Senior Attorney Department of Business and Professional Regulation Rhode Building, Phase II 401 NW 2 Avenue Suite 607N Miami, FL. 33128 Case # 98-20163 2/2/99 DSP/ms Poe 3-17-94 ; st merge ck Ss. mmons CYNTHIA A. HENDERSON, Secyetary y:G. W. Harrell Acting Chief Attorney FILED Department of Business and Professional Regulation DEPUTY CLERK CLERK Me tlichels DATE Uy = vs -94

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