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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR'S LICENSING BOARD vs BOBBY TAYLOR, 13-003676PL (2013)

Court: Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Number: 13-003676PL Visitors: 14
Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR'S LICENSING BOARD
Respondent: BOBBY TAYLOR
Judges: LISA SHEARER NELSON
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Sep. 19, 2013
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, September 23, 2013.

Latest Update: Jul. 02, 2024
FILED Department of Business and Professional Regulation STATE OF FLORIDA Deputy Agency Clerk DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULAT Evette Lawson-Prastor Date «8/21/2013 DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND fee PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, Petitioner, Vv. Case No. 2012-036330 BOBBY TAYLOR, Respondent. ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT The Department of Business and Professional Regulation ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Electrical Contractors’ Licensing Board, against Bobby Taylor, d/b/a All Pro Sound, ("Respondent"), and says: 1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of electrical contracting pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 489, Florida Statutes. 2. At all times material to this Complaint, Respondent held a current and active specialty contractor’s license in the State of Florida, having been issued license number ES 12000157. Respondent was never licensed an electrical contractor in the State of Florida. 3. Respondent's address of record is 806 Beverly Parkway, Pensacola, Florida 32505. 4. Respondent submitted a bid to perform work on an auditorium sound system at Lakewood Ranch High School on or about May 15, 2012. 5. The bid for the sound system required elaborate electrical work to be performed. 6. On or about July 30, 2012, Respondent was awarded the bid pending school board approval. 7. On or about August 7, 2012, the Manatee County School District Purchasing Department discovered that Respondent did not hold an electrical contractor or general contractor license and withdrew the bid award from Respondent. 8. Section 455.227(1) (eo), Florida Statutes (2011), provides that disciplinary action may be taken for “[p]racticing or offering to practice beyond the scope permitted by law.” 9. On or about May 15, 2012, Respondent offered ta perform elaborate electrical work at Lakewood High School. 10. Based on the facts set forth above, Respondent violated Section 455.227(1) (0), Florida Statutes (2011), by offering to practice outside the scope of his specialty contracting license. WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Electrical Contractors Licensing Board enter an order imposing one or more of the following penalties: suspension or permanent revocation of Respondent’s license, restriction of Respondent’s practice, imposition of an administrative fine not to exceed $10,000.00 for each count or separate offense, issuance of a reprimand, placement of Respondent on probation subject to specified conditions, corrective action, assessment of costs related to the investigation and prosecution of the case excluding costs associated with an attorney’s time, or any other relief that the Board is authorized to impose pursuant to Chapters 455 and Chapters 489, Part II, Florida Statutes (2012), and the rules promulgated thereunder. Signed this 21°* day of August, 2013. KEN LAWSON, Secretary Department of Business and Professional Regulation By: Elizabeth Fletcher Henderson Elizabeth Fletcher Henderson Assistant General Counsel Florida Bar No. 0980404 Department of Business and Professional Regulation Office of the General Counsel 1940 N. Monroe St., Ste. 42 Tallahassee, FL 32399-2202 (850) 488-0062 Telephone (850) 488-5700 Facsimile PC Date: July 17, 2013 PC By: Thomas, Bramlett & Tibbs EFH/kap NOTICE OF RIGHTS Please be advised that mediation under section 120.573, Florida Statutes, is not available for administrative disputes involving this type of agency action. Please be advised that Respondent has the right to request a hearing to be conducted in accordance with sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, to be represented by counsel or other qualified representative, to present evidence and argument, to call and cross-examine witnesses and to have subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum issued on his or her behalf if a hearing is requested. Any request for an administrative proceeding to challenge or contest the charges contained in the administrative complaint must conform to Rule 28~106.2015, Florida Administrative Code. Rule 28-106.111, Florida Administrative Code, provides in part that if Respondent fails to request a hearing within 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 Respondent in addition to any other discipline imposed.

Docket for Case No: 13-003676PL
Source:  Florida - Division of Administrative Hearings

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