The Ethics Commission was created in 1996 as a result of a citizens' vote to amend the Home Rule charter. It is an independent agency with advisory and quasi-judicial powers. It is composed of five members, each serving staggered terms of four years at a time. The Chief Judge of the Eleventh 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 the appointment of one member; the Director of Florida International University’s Center for Labor Research and Studies and the Miami-Dade League of Cities each appoints one member.

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