Opinion
Case No. 1D02-2614
Opinion filed July 11, 2003.
An appeal from an order of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Board of Professional Engineers.
Robert D. Newell, Jr., of Newell Terry, P.A., Tallahassee, Attorneys for Appellant.
Douglas D. Sunshine, Tallahassee, Attorney for Appellee.
Appellant appeals the revocation of his professional engineering license in Florida and a $5,000 fine imposed by the Florida Board of Professional Engineers and on file with the Florida Engineers Management Corporation. Appellee concedes that the $5,000 penalty imposed exceeded the monetary penalty allowed under the statute under which Appellant was charged. Accordingly, we agree with Appellee that the penalty should be reduced to $3,000, the maximum penalty permissible.
Appellant's other issues on appeal are without merit. We therefore reverse and remand to the Board for entry of a Final Order correcting the administrative fine to $3,000. The revocation of Appellant's license is affirmed.
AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.
BOOTH, BARFIELD, and ALLEN, JJ., CONCUR.