Accredited Surety and Casualty Company, Inc., pursuant to Rule 28-105, Florida Administrative Code.; This Petition, received on December 26, 2007, will be treated as a new petition and not as a clarification or amendment of the previously rendered ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT The Deaprtment of Financial Services has received the petition for declaratory statement from Accredited Surety and Casualty Company, Inc., pursuant to Chapter 28-105, Florida Administrative Code. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of clarification of a Declaratory Statement previously issued by the Department of Financial Services as it applies to the petitioner.

This Petition, received on December 26, 2007, will be treated as a new petition and not as a clarification or amendment of the previously rendered Declaratory Statement. The Petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to whether Government Payment Services, Inc. (GPS), in fulfilling its contract with a Florida sheriff’s department that provides for the pretrial release of criminal defendants, is engaging in business activities which may only be conducted by a licensed bail bond agent or other person required to be licensed pursuant to Chapter 648, Florida Statutes. The Petition has been assigned case number 93574-07-DS.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Bill Tharpe, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Financial Services, Division of Legal Services, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333.