Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LICENSING BOARD
Respondent: WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER, JR.
Judges: SUSAN BELYEU KIRKLAND
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Melbourne, Florida
Filed: Apr. 20, 2010
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, April 26, 2010.
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FILED
Department of Business and Professional Reecuinth
Deputy Agency Clerk,
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CLERK Brandon Nichals
Dates 11/13/2003
Fila
STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESTONAL REGULATION
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LICENSING BOARD
DIVISION TI
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
Vv.
Petitioner,
Case No. 2008-019627
WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER, dR.,
Réspondent .
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files thie Administrative Complaint
before the Construction Industry Licensing Beard, against
WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER, JR., ("Respondent"), and says:
1.
Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating
the practice of contracting pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida
Statutes,
2.
and Chapters 455 and 499, Florida Statutes,
Reapondent is, and has been at all times material
hereto, a Certified General Contractor in the State of Florida,
having been issued license number cac 1504670, which is in a
“current,
3.
active” status.
At all times material hereto, Respondent was the
primary qualifying agent for Parker Custom Building, Inc.
4.
At all times material hereto, Parker Custom Building,
Inc., possessed a qualified business license also known as a
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certificate of authority, License Number OB 22445, which is in
“delinquent” status.
5. Section 489.1195(1) (a), Florida Statutes, provides
that all primary qualifying agents for a business organization
aré jointly and equally responsible for supervision of all
Operations of the business organization; for all field work at
all sites; and for financial matters, both for the organization
in general and for each specific jab.
6. The address of record for Respondent is 690 Anderson
Court, Satellite Beach, Florida 32937.
7. On ox about October 14, 2005, Respondent, doing
buginess as Parker Custom Building, Inc., entered into a
contract with Walter Johnson, (“Complainant”), for the
construction of a house at 2943 Wyndham Way, Melbourne, Florida
32940,
8. The contract amount was $1,399,750.00, of which
Complainant paid $907,807.50.
9. Respondent failed to perform any work on the project
for a period greater than ninety (90) days without just cause
and without propex notification to Complainant.
10. At the time Respondent ceased work, the project was
not compléte,
11. Respondent has failed to return to work on the project
or refund any money to Complainant,
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COUNT I
12, Petitioner re-alleges and incorporates the allegations
set forth in paragraphs one through 12 as though fully set forth
herein.
13. Based on the foregoing, Respondent violated section
489.129(1)(j), Florida Statutes, 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
fox termination, or fails to perform work without just cause for
30 consecutive days.
COUNT IT
14. Petitioner re-alleges and incorporates the allegations
set forth in paragraphs one through 12 as though fully set forth
herein,
15. Based on the foregoing, Respondent violated Section
489.129(1)(m), Florida Statutes, by committing incompetence or
mismanagement in the practice of contracting as further defined
under Rule 61G4-17.001(m)2, F.A.c,
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the
Construction Industry Licensing Board enter an Order imposing
one or more of the following penalties: place on probation,
teprimand the licensee, revoke, suspend, deny the issuance or
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renewal of the certificate of registration, require financial
restitution to a consumer, impose an administrative fine not te
exceed $10,000.00 per violation, vequire continuing education,
aS8@€8s costs associated with the investigation and prosecution,
impose any or all penalties delineated within Section
455.227(2), Florida Statutes, and/or any other relief the Board
is authorized to impose pursuant to Chapter 455 and 489, Plorida
Statutes, and the rules promulgated thereunder.
Signed this 27EN aay of Octeder. , 2009,
CHARLES W. DRAGO, Secretary
Department of Business and
Professional Regulation
By: Vespa title
Pooja”S. Patel
Assistant General Counsel
Fl. Bar No. 0056734
Department of Business ana
Professional Regulation
Office of the General Counsel
1940 N. Monroe Street, Ste. 42
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2202
PCP Date: \O-Z27-A4
PCP Members: ("eeu seo 7h od Vace Sy iep
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NOTICE OF RIGHTS
Respondent haa the right to request a hearing to be
conducted in aceordance with Sectiona 120.569 and 120.57,
Florida Statutes, to be represented by counsel or other
qualified representative, to present evidence and arqument, to
call and cross-examine witnesses and fo have subpoenas and
subpoenas duces tecum issued on his or her behalf if a hearing
is requested. Rule 28-106.111, Florida Administrative Code,
provides in part that if Respondent fails to request a hearing
within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of an agency pleading,
Respondent waives the right to request a hearing on the facts
alleged,
NOTICE REGARDING ASSESSMENT OF costs
Respondent is placed on notice that Petitioner has incurred
costs related to the investigation and prosecution of this
matter, Pursuant to Section 455.227(3) (a), Florida Statutes,
the Board, or the Department when there is no Board, may assess
costs related to the investigation and prosecution of the case
excluding costs associated with an attorney's time, against the
Respondent in addition ta any other discipline imposed.
Docket for Case No: 10-002157PL