Fremont County Commissioner Larry Lasha has been named the fifth and final member of the independent state ethics commission, which can now begin drafting rules for itself.

The panel's four other members appointed Lasha, who had to be an unaffiliated voter from a local governing body.

The good-government organization Colorado Ethics Watch, which has criticized the commission's progress, applauded the appointment.

"We expect the ethics commission will expeditiously start performing its duties," organization director Chantell Taylor said in a statement.