MIAMI/DADE COUNTY

Population: 2.2 million
Web site: www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/ethics

About the Miami-Dade Ethics Commission

• Jurisdiction extends over 35,000 county and municipal officials and employees
• Nine full-time employees by the end of 2000
• The Ethics Commission is composed of five members and each serves staggered terms of four (4) years:
• • Chief Judge of the 11^th Judicial Circuit appoints two of the members;
  • the Dean of the University of Miami School of Law and the Dean of St. Thomas University School of Law share in one appointment;
  • the Director of Florida International University’s Center for Labor Research and Studies appoints one member; and
  • the Miami-Dade League of Cities appoints one member
• Works closely with the Office of the Inspector General
• Visit the Miami-Dade Ethics Commission website at www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/ethics