NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Department of Financial Services, Division of State Fire Marshal has declined to rule on the petition for declaratory statement filed by City of Cape Canaveral and David Sargent, Fire Chief on August 29, 2011. The following is a summary of the agency's declination of the petition:
The Petition was denied as the subject matter of the Petition is at issue in pending litigation. The Petition was also denied as it requested the Department to issue a statement addressing a constitutional matter and the propriety of the conduct of a third party, matters not properly addressed in a declaratory statement.
A copy of the Order Declining of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Jacek Stramski, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Financial Services, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333, (850)413-4172.