San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District: officers and employees: designation and appointment.

Existing law establishes the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, governed by a board of directors, with specified powers and duties relative to the construction and operation of a rapid transit system. Under existing law, the officers of the district consist of the members of the board, a secretary, a general manager, a general counsel, a treasurer, a controller, and other officers, assistants, and deputies that the board may provide for by ordinance or resolution, as specified. Existing law requires the board to appoint, and authorizes the board to remove, the secretary, the general manager, the general counsel, the treasurer, and the controller. Existing law requires all other officers and employees of the district to be appointed by, and to serve at the pleasure of, the general manager. This bill would eliminate the positions of the treasurer and controller, would create the position of the chief financial officer subject to appointment and removal by the general manager, would transfer all of the duties previously assigned to the treasurer to the chief financial officer, and would make other related changes in this regard. The bill would authorize the general manager to designate other financial personnel to undertake any of the duties or responsibilities assigned to the chief financial officer.