FILED Department of Business and Professional Regulation Deputy Agency Clerk CLERK Evette Lawson-Proctor Date 2/8/2021 STATE OF FLORIDA File # DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO.: 2019-043941 2019-043947 RENE BETANCOURT, 2019-043935 B&B CONCEPT DESIGNS, INC. | - 2019-043953 AND CASA DESIGNS + INTERIORS, INC., Respondents. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior Design against RENE BETANCOURT, B&B CONCEPT DESIGNS, INC., and CASA DESIGNS + INTERIORS, INC. (“Respondents”), and says: 1 Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of architecture and interior design pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 481, Florida Statutes, 2. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation has jurisdiction over the unlicensed practice of architecture and interior design pursuant to Section 455.228(1), and Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes, 3. Respondents’ last known address is 1080 E 17" Street, Hialeah, FL 33010. 4, At all times material hereto, Respondents were not duly registered or certified to engage in the practice of architecture pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida Statutes. 5. Respondents entered into a contract to provide architectural services for a project known as Club Atlantis Condominium Association, Inc. 6. Respondents hired a Florida architect for the project and paid the architect directly for his services. 7. The Respondents are offering architectural services on their web site. 8. Respondents are not licensed to practice architecture in the State of Florida and therefore cannot offer or provide architectural services or sign and sealed drawings. 9. Section 481,223(L)(a), Florida Statutes, states that a person may not knowingly “practice architecture unless the person is an architect or a registered architect.” 10. Based upon the foregoing, Respondents have violated Section 481,223(1)(a), Florida Statutes, by practicing architecture when they were not the holder of a valid license by offering architectural services, WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board enter an Order imposing an administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 per count, 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 481 and 455, Florida Statutes, and/or the rules promulgated thereunder. Signed this 7°" day of Fobrweny , 2021. SS Pe DAVID K. MINACCI Manausa, Shaw & Minacci, P.A. 140-D W 1° Street St. George Island, FL 32328 FL Bar No. 0056774 Ph: (850) 799-1882 Fax: (850) 799-1884 david@manausalaw.com PCP: January 28, 2021 Hall Rodriguez Wirtz Rivers

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