Commercial Collection Registration Form and Procedures

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Finance

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

69V-180.020Commercial Collection Registration Form and Procedures

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 41 No. 65, April 3, 2015 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

These changes are made in response to comments made by the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee and at a public hearing held on the rule on July 6, 2015.

 

69V-180.020 Commercial Collection Registration Form and Procedures.

(1) No change.

(a) A completed Registration of Commercial Collection Agency form, Form OFR-COM-101, effective MM-DD-YYYY, which is hereby incorporated by reference and available by mail from the Office of Financial Regulation, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0376;

(b) If a partnership, sole proprietorship or corporation, a completed Exhibit A, as incorporated in Rule 69V-180.002(1)(a)2., F.A.C.

(c)(b) A non-refundable registration fee of $500 for the annual registration period beginning January 1 of each calendar year or any part thereof.

(d)(c) Evidence of a current surety bond in the amount of $50,000 as required in Rule 69V-180.010(1), F.A.C.

(2) Request for Additional Information. An incomplete registration form shall not be considered as validly received. A request for additional information will be made by the Office of Financial Regulation within thirty (30) days after initial receipt of the incomplete registration form by the Office of Financial Regulation. The additional information must be received by the Office of Financial Regulation within forty-five (45) days from the date of request. Failure to respond to the request within forty-five (45) days from the date of request shall be construed by the Office of Financial Regulation as grounds for rejection of the registration for failure to complete the registration and the registration shall be rejected pursuant to Section 120.60(12), F.S.

 

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAR: December 17, 2014 2015

 

The remainder of the rule reads as previously published.

 

The following changes have been made to incorporated forms:

Form OFR-COM-101:

Page 1 of Form OFR-COM-101 was revised to remove the word “certified” from the sentence located below the title of the form. The sentence now reads, “This form shall be accompanied by payment of a $500.00 non-refundable registration fee.” Form OFR-COM-101 was revised to reference the rule incorporating the form and a placeholder for the effective date was added to the bottom margin of the form.