RLI LIVE OAK, LLC, APPELLANT,
v.
SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, APPELLEE
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ON CERTIFIED QUESTION TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT
We consider this case on remand from the Florida Supreme Court after it reversed our decision in RLI Live Oak, LLC v. South Florida Water Management District, 99 So.3d 560 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012). S. Fla. Water Mgmt. Dist. v. RLI Live Oak, LLC, 139 So.3d 869 (Fla.2014) (holding that when “the Legislature statutorily authorizes a state governmental agency to recover a ‘civil penalty’ in a ‘court of com*1277petent jurisdiction’ but does not specify the agency’s burden of proof, the agency is not required under [Dep’t of Banking & Fin. Div. of Sec. & Investor Prot. v. Osborne Stem & Co., 670 So.2d 932, 935 (Fla.1996) ], to prove the alleged violation by clear and convincing evidence, but rather by a preponderance of the evidence”). Because the trial court correctly applied the preponderance of the evidence standard, we now affirm the trial court’s judgment imposing civil penalties.
AFFIRMED.
PALMER, LAWSON, and WALLIS, JJ., concur.
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- Dep't of Banking & Fin. v. Osborne Stern & Co., 670 So. 2d 932 (Fla. 1996)
- S. Fla. Water Mgmt. Dist. v. RLI Live OAK, LLC, 139 So. 3d 869 (Fla. 2014)
- RLI Live OAK, LLC v. S. Fla. Water Mgmt. Dist., 99 So. 3d 560 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012)