ABI Walton Insurance Co. v. State, Department of Management Services

ALLEN, Judge.

The appellant, ABI Walton Insurance Company (Walton), challenges an order of the appellee, the Department of Management Services (the department), denying Walton’s protest because of its failure to post a protest bond. Because we conclude that the requirement of section 287.042(2)(c), Florida Statutes (1992 Supp.), that a bond be posted at the time a formal written protest is filed is not jurisdictional, and that' the department was therefore required to give Walton notice and a reasonable opportunity to post the bond before denying the protest solely because of failure to post…