Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Respondent: BARBARA WHITE EUBANK
Judges: CHARLES C. ADAMS
Agency: Department of Financial Services
Locations: Daytona Beach, Florida
Filed: Mar. 29, 2005
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Wednesday, June 8, 2005.
Latest Update: Jan. 07, 2025
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
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BARBARA WHITE EUBANK
C/o Eubank Bail Bonds
Highway 92 East
538 International Speedway Boulevard
Deland, Florida 32724
You, BARBARA WHITE EUBANK, are hereby notified that the Chief Financial Officer
of the State of Florida has caused to be made an investigation of your activities while licensed as
a limited surety agent in this state and as a result of which it is alleged:
GENERAL ALLEGATIONS
1. Pursuant to Chapter 648, Florida Statutes, you, BARBARA WHITE EUBANK,
currently are licensed in this state as a limited surety (2-34) agent, and were so licensed at all
times relevant to the dates and occurrences referenced herein. Your license identification
number is A079319.
2. Pursuant to Chapter 648, Florida Statutes, the Florida Department of Financial
Services (hereinafter referred to as the “Department”) has jurisdiction over your license and
appointments.
3. At all times relevant to the dates and occurrences referenced herein you,
BARBARA WHITE EUBANK, were employed or affiliated with Eubank Bail Bonds, Highway
92 East, 538 International Speedway Boulevard, DeLand, Florida 32724 (hereinafter “Eubank
Bail Bonds”).
4. On or about June 30, 1996, you, BARBARA WHITE EUBANK, entered into a
Settlement Stipulation for Consent Order with the Department alleging that you, BARBARA
WHITE EUBANK, failed to return collateral. This resulted in a Consent Order being issued that
required your payment of restitution, an administrative penalty, and administrative costs.
COUNT I
5. The above General Allegations are hereby realleged and fully incorporated herein
by reference.
6. From on or about August, 1999, to on or about December, 2001, you, BARBARA
WHITE EUBANK, collected premiums on bonds underwritten by Accredited Surety and
Casualty Company, Inc., totaling approximately $14,797.00, and failed to remit same to this
insurer.
IT IS THEREFORE CHARGED that you, BARBARA WHITE EUBANK, have violated
or are accountable under one or more of the following provisions of the Florida Insurance Code,
which constitutes grounds for the suspension or revocation of your license as a limited surety
agent in this state:
(a) Has demonstrated lack of fitness or trustworthiness to engage in the bail bond
business. [Section 648.45(2)(e), Florida Statutes].
(b) Is guilty of misappropriation, conversion, or unlawful withholding of moneys
belonging to a surety, a principal, or others and received in the conduct of business under a
license. [Section 648.45(2)(h), Florida Statutes].
(c) Has willfully failed to comply with or willfully violated any proper order or rule
of the department or willfully violated any provision of this chapter or the insurance code.
[Section 648.45(2)(j), Florida Statutes].
(d) Has demonstrated lack of good faith in carrying out contractual obligations and
agreements. [Section 648.45(2)(1), Florida Statutes].
(e) Violation of any law relating to the business of bail bond insurance or violation of
any provision of the insurance code. [Section 648.45(3)(c), Florida Statutes].
(f) All premiums, return premiums, or other funds belonging to insurers or others
received by a person licensed pursuant to this chapter in transactions under her or his license are
trust funds received by the licensee in a fiduciary capacity, and the licensee must account for and
pay the same to the insurer, insured, or other person entitled to such funds. [Section 648.295(1),
Florida Statutes].
WHEREFORE, you, BARBARA WHITE EUBANK, are hereby notified that the Chief
Financial Officer intends to enter an Order suspending or revoking your licenses and appointments
as a limited surety agent or to impose such penalties as may be provided under the provisions of
Sections 648.46, 648.49, 648.50, 648.51, 648.52, 648.53, and 648.58, Florida Statutes, and under
the other referenced sections of the Florida Statutes as set out in this Administrative Complaint.
You are further notified that any order entered in this case revoking or suspending any license or
eligibility for licensure held by you shall also apply to all other licenses and eligibility held by you
under the Florida Insurance Code.
NOTICE OF RIGHTS
You have the right to request a proceeding to contest this action by the Department
pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, and Rule 28-107, Florida
Administrative Code. The proceeding request must be in writing, signed by you, and must be
filed with the Department within twenty-one (21) days of your receipt of this notice. Completion
of the attached Election of Proceeding form and/or a petition for administrative hearing will
suffice as a written request. The request must be filed with the General Counsel as acting
Agency Clerk, at the Florida Department of Financial Services, 612 Larson Building, 200 East
Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333. Your written response must be received by the
Department no later than 5:00 p.m. on the twenty-first day after your receipt of this notice.
Mailing the response on the twenty-first day will not preserve your right to a hearing.
YOUR FAILURE TO RESPOND IN WRITING WITHIN
TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS OF YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS
NOTICE WILL CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF YOUR RIGHT
TO REQUEST A PROCEEDING ON THE MATTERS
ALLEGED HEREIN AND AN ORDER OF REVOCATION
WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU.
If you request a proceeding, you must provide information that complies with the
requirements of Rule 28-107.004, Florida Administrative Code. As noted abovz, completion of
the attached Election of Proceeding form conforms to these requirements. Specifically, your
response must contain:
(a) The name and address of the party making the request, for purpose of service;
(b) A statement that the party is requesting a hearing involving disputed issues of
material fact, or a hearing not involving disputed issues of material fact; and,
(c) A reference to the notice, order to show cause, administrative complaint, or other
communication that the party has received from the agency.
If a hearing of any type is requested, you have the right to be represented by counsel or
other qualified representative at your expense, to present evidence and argument, to call and
cross-examine witnesses, and to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of
documents by subpoena.
If a proceeding is requested and there is no dispute of material fact, the provisions of
Section 120.57(2), Florida Statutes, apply. In this regard, you may submit oral or written
evidence in opposition to the action taken by the Department or a written statement challenging
the grounds upon which the Department has relied. While a hearing is normally not required in
the absence of a dispute of fact, if you feel that a hearing is necessary, one will be conducted in
Tallahassee, Florida, or by telephonic conference call upon your request.
However, if you dispute material facts which are the basis for the Department’s action,
you must request an adversarial proceeding pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57(1), Florida
Statutes. These proceedings are held before a State administrative law judge of the Division of
Administrative Hearings. Unless the majority of witnesses are located elsewhere, the
Department will request that the hearing be conducted in Tallahassee, Florida.
Failure to follow the procedure outlined with regard to your response to this notice may
result in the request being denied. All prior oral communication or correspondence in this matter
shall be considered freeform agency action, and no such oral communication or correspondence
shall operate as a valid request for an administrative proceeding. Any request for an
administrative proceeding received prior to the date of this notice shall be deemed abandoned
unless timely renewed in compliance with the guidelines as set out above.
Mediation of this matter pursuant to Section 120.573, Florida Statutes, is not available
No Department attorney will discuss this matter with you until the response has been received by
the Department of Financial Services.
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DATED and SIGNED this _ day of Feary 2005.
KAREN CHANDLER
Deputy Chief Financial Officer
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
1 HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing ADMINISTRATIVE
COMPLAINT and the following ELECTION OF PROCEEDING has been furnished to:
BARBARA WHITE EUBANK, 1201 North Amelia Avenue, DeLand, Florida 32724, and to
BARBARA WHITE EUBANK, C/o Eubank Bail Bonds, Highway 92 East, 538 International
Speedway Boulevard, DeLand, Florida 32724, and to David E. Disney, Esq., David E. Disney,
P.A., 234 West Ne ‘Yofk Avenue, DeLand, Florida 32720, Attorney for Respondent, by
Certified Mail tig 3° day of repay, 2005.
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Florida Department of Financial Services
Division of Legal Services
200 East Gaines St.
612 Larson Building
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-9333
(850) 413-4180
Florida Bar Number 131365
Attorney for Department
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Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Jun. 08, 2005 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Jun. 07, 2005 |
Petitioner`s Motion to Close File and Relinquish Jurisidction filed.
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May 16, 2005 |
Order (Motion to Amend Administrative Complaint granted).
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May 12, 2005 |
Amended Administrative Complaint filed.
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May 12, 2005 |
Motion to Amend Administrative Complaint filed.
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May 09, 2005 |
Order Granting Continuance and Re-scheduling Video Teleconference (video hearing set for June 20, 2005; 10:00 a.m.; Daytona Beach and Tallahassee, FL).
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May 04, 2005 |
Joint Motion to Re-schedule Final Hearing filed.
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May 03, 2005 |
Respondent`s First Request for Production of Documents to the Department of Financial Services filed.
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May 03, 2005 |
Revised Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum filed.
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May 03, 2005 |
Notice of Appearance filed.
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Apr. 11, 2005 |
Petitioner`s Notice of Method of Recording Testimony at Final Hearing filed.
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Apr. 08, 2005 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Apr. 08, 2005 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (video hearing set for May 24, 2005; 10:00 a.m.; Daytona Beach and Tallahassee, FL).
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Apr. 05, 2005 |
Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum filed.
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Apr. 05, 2005 |
Petitioner`s Request for Production filed.
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Apr. 05, 2005 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Apr. 05, 2005 |
Petitioner`s Request for Production filed. |
Mar. 29, 2005 |
Initial Order.
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Mar. 29, 2005 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Mar. 29, 2005 |
Election of Proceeding filed.
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Mar. 29, 2005 |
Agency referral filed.
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