MIAMI/DADE COUNTY

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<p><b>Population:</b> 2.2 million<br>
<b>Web site:</b> <a href="http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/ethics#miami-web">www.co.miami-dade.fl.u…;
<h3>About the Miami-Dade Ethics Commission</a></h3>
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<li> Jurisdiction extends over 35,000 county and municipal officials and employees</li>
<li> Nine full-time employees by the end of 2000</li>
<li> The Ethics Commission is composed of five members and each serves staggered terms of four (4) years:</li>
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<li> Chief Judge of the 11^th Judicial Circuit appoints two of the members;</li>
<li> the Dean of the <a href="http://www.law.miami.edu/"><b>University of Miami</b></a> School of Law and the Dean of <a href="http://www.stu.edu/"><b>St. Thomas University</b></a> <a href="http://www.stu.edu/lawschool/">School of Law</a> share in one appointment;</li>
<li> the Director of <a href="http://education.fiu.edu/centers.htm">Florida International University's</a> Center for <a href="http://www.fiu.edu/%7Eclrs/">Labor Research</a> and Studies appoints one member; and </li>
<li> the <a href="http://www.miamidadeleague.org/">Miami-Dade League of Cities</a> appoints one member<br></li>
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<li>Works closely with the <a href="http://www.miamidadeig.org/">Office of the Inspector General</a></li>
<li>Visit the Miami-Dade Ethics Commission website at <a href="http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/ethics#miami-web&quot; class="nav">www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/ethics</a&gt;