CLASSIC MILE, INC. v. STATE, DEPT. OF BUSINESS REG.

No. 87-1950.

536 So.2d 1048 (1988)

CLASSIC MILE, Inc., a Florida Corporation, and Anthony Altman, Appellants, v. State of Florida, Department of Business Regulation and the Galaxy Project, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick B. Karl, Thomas J. Maida, and Michael G. Maida of Karl, McConnaughhey, Roland & Maida, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellants.

John C. Courtney, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Department of Business Regulation, Tallahassee, for appellee DBR.

Douglas L. Stowell and Gary J. Anton of Stowell, Anton & Kraemer, Tallahassee, for appellee The Galaxy Project, Inc.


WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellants appeal the trial court's order upholding the constitutionality of Chapter 87-38, Section 13, Laws of Florida, which is now codified in Section 550.355(2), Florida Statutes (1987). We find the statute unconstitutional in that it is a special act in the guise of a general law and was enacted in violation of Article III, Section 10, Florida Constitution. Therefore, we reverse.

Section 550.355(2) provides as follows:

In any...

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