SEC. 4.114. PORT COMMISSION.
§ 4.114
The Port Commission consists of five members appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Supervisors, each serving four-year terms and subject to recall and removal like elected officials. The Commission's powers, duties, and organization are defined by the Burton Act (1968) and the 1969 Transfer Agreement between the State and the City. The Commission must comply with Charter Sections 4.101–4.103 except where those provisions conflict with the Burton Act or Transfer Agreement.
San Francisco has a Port Commission with five members. The Mayor picks them, but the Board of Supervisors has to approve the choice. Each member serves for four years. They can be removed, suspended, or recalled just like elected officials. The Commission's actual powers and responsibilities come from a state law called the Burton Act and an agreement made in 1969 when the state gave the Port to the city. The Commission also has to follow some other Charter rules, unless those rules disagree with the Burton Act or the 1969 agreement.
- Complex:The section's actual meaning depends heavily on external documents (the Burton Act and 1969 Transfer Agreement) that are not reproduced here, making it difficult for a reader to understand the Commission's full scope of authority without consulting those sources.
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Official text
The Port Commission shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the Board of Supervisors. Each of the members shall serve for a term of four years. They shall be subject to recall, suspension and removal in the same manner as an elected official.
The Commission shall have the composition and organization, and the powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to the Port that are set forth in the Burton Act, Statutes of 1968, Chapter 1333, as amended, and in the Agreement Relating to the Transfer of the Port of San Francisco from the State of California to the City and County, executed on the 24th day of January 1969.
The Commission shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 4.101 through 4.103 of this Charter, so far as those powers and duties are not inconsistent with the Burton Act and the Transfer Agreement as they are referred to in the above paragraph.