Inlet Mortgage Co. v. State, Department of Banking & Finance, Division of Finance

ERVIN, Judge.

In this case appellants, Inlet Mortgage Company, Ltd. and John R. Davis, challenge a final administrative order on the ground that appellee, the Department of Banking and Finance, Division of Finance (Department), increased the recommended penalty without complying with the directives set forth in Section 120.57(l)(b)10, Florida Statutes (1987). Although the Department contends it did not increase the recommended penalty, but merely set forth conditions that effectuated the hearing officer’s recommendation, we cannot agree and therefore reverse.

Section 120.57(l)(b)10 provides, in…