my STATE OF FLORIDA “ELEP DEP/ [MENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULAM@My P ° pitas A ISION ar DEPARTMENT * BUSINESS AND CRIS Tach PROFESSIONA EGULATION, vag (te Petition vs. Case No. 99-09804 LAWRENCE H. TWELL RACIES, Respor__ nt. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, } PARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), fi ("Respondent"), | 1. I pursuant to Sec 2. unlicensed prac 3. in the practice « 4, 5. Lisa Louise E located at 110( 6. this Administrative Complaint against LAWRENCE HARTWELL RACIES, d says: tioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of contracting 120.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 489, Florida Statutes. Department of Business and Professional Regulation has jurisdiction over the _of contracting pursuant to Section 455.228, Florida Statutes, 10 time material hereto, was the Respondent duly registered or certified to engage ontracting pursuant to Part I, Chapter 489, Florida Statutes. spondent's last known address is 1008 Camphor Lane, Deland, Florida 32720. or about September 29, 1999, Respondent entered into a verbal agreement with s (hereinafter "Evans") whereby Respondent agreed to renovate Evans' home even Avenue, Deland, Florida. aa spondent later provided Evans with a document detailing the scope of the project. ae orp COOP RRIR oener RRR ETT REE ope Te Ser Se or yer ope oroee es 7. Ey upon Respondent 8 Al 9 Re 10. Se is a person who, { others construct, structure, includi: job scope is sub: 489.105(3), Flor M.S a person whose family, two-famil one uninhabitabl: 12, T above constitute: Statutes (1999). 13. S certified or regis 14. ~#&£ Statutes (1999), a contractor witl ; paid Respondent a deposit of $500.00, and she later paid another $4,000.00 equest for additional funding. | e payments for the project were made via checks made payable to Respondent. ondent accepted payment, but he never commenced work on the project. pn 489,105(3), Florida Statutes (1999) provides, inter alia, that a “contractor” compensation, undertakes to, submits a bid to, or does himself or herself or by air, alter, remodel, add to, demolish, subtract from, or improve any building or ‘elated improvements to real estate, for others or for resale to others and whose itially similar to the job scope described in on of the subsections of Section Statutes. on 489.105(3)(c), Florida Statutes (1999), defines a ‘residential contractor” as jices are limited to construction, remodeling, repair, or improvement of one- r three-family residences not exceeding two habitable stories above no more than ory and accessory use structures in connection therewith. contracting for and/or the performance of the work described in Paragraph 5 gaging in the practice of contracting pursuant to Section 489. 105(3\(c), Florida ion 489.113(2), Florida Statutes, (1999), provides that no person who is not sd shall practice contracting in this state. sd on the foregoing, Respondent has violated Section 489.127(1)(, Florida ich provides that no person shall engage in the business or act in the capacity of t being duly registered or certified or advertise himself or a business organization aa 3 oe yr pe eee et OR A te aaa orem a cee ep ee top ores mp FRET OR oe ener sists le ent Sete Sar as available to en 3e in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor without being duly registered or certi {. WHEREF _E, Petitioner respectfully requests the entry of an Order imposing one or more of the following ¢ _ilties: an administrative fine not to exceed $5,000.00 per incident; assessment of costs related tc 2 investigation and prosecution of the case excluding costs associated with an attorney’s time; 1 sal to certify, or to certify with restrictions, an application for licensure; restriction of pra 2e; issuance of a reprimand; corrective action and/or any other relief the Department of Bu 2s and Professional Regulation is authorized to impose pursuant to Chapter 455 and 489, Florida _ tutes, and the rules promulgated thereunder. : Signed this__/ Ye day of New. jR , 2000. : fpr Latin E. O’Dowd _ ; Lead Construction Attorney ot COUNSELS FOE aia E [ E D ' Erica D. Glover v /4 0? Department of Business and Professional Regulation ; Senior Attorney DEPUTY CLERK b Petsson : on ™ oer Panda Michels i 150 Nort Mom Street DATE (o - \9 ~ 2OCO . uite , » ke E r ' E i Tallahassee, FL: 99-2202 Se EDG/edm Case #99-09804

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