This Charter shall take effect on December 1, 2009, and December 1, 2009, is referred to as the "effective date of this Charter," and as used in this Charter, the words "hereafter," "henceforth," "heretofore," "remain," "continue," "now" and similar words implying a point of time shall be read to speak as of such date.
A. 
A transition election for the five members of the Board of Selectmen, including the First Selectman, shall take place at the first regular municipal election following the effective date of this Charter. Thereafter, the provisions of §§ C-47D and C-48D shall apply. At the transition election, a First Selectman and two other members of the Board of Selectmen shall be elected for a term of four years, and two additional members of the Board of Selectmen shall be elected for a term of two years. There shall be separate elections for First Selectman, the four-year term for two members of the Board of Selectmen and the two-year term for two members of the Board of Selectmen.
B. 
For this election only, the following procedures will apply:
(1) 
No political party may nominate and no elector may vote for more than one candidate for First Selectman, two candidates for a four-year term on the Board of Selectmen, and two candidates for a two-year term on the Board of Selectmen.
(2) 
Following the election, the Town Clerk shall prepare separate lists of the candidates for First Selectman, for the four-year term on the Board of Selectmen, and for the two-year term on the Board of Selectmen, ranked on each list from top to bottom according to the number of votes each receives. On each list, the seats will be filled in following order:
(a) 
The seat of the First Selectman;
(b) 
The first seat of the four-year term;
(c) 
The first seat of the two-year term;
(d) 
The second seat of the four-year term; and
(e) 
The second seat of the two-year term.
(3) 
If during the process, any political party obtains three seats of the total Board, including the First Selectman, the names of the remaining candidates of the same party shall be stricken from the list, and the next highest ranking candidate shall be seated.
A. 
The following Special Acts applicable to the Town remain unaffected by this Charter.
(1) 
Two Resolves of Connecticut 1196, Resolve Incorporating the Town of Wilton, passed May 1802.
(2) 
Two Resolves of Connecticut 1172, Resolve Establishing the line between the Towns of Norwalk and Wilton, passed May 1802.
(3) 
Eight Special Laws of Connecticut 85, establishing and confirming the boundary line between the Towns of Weston and Wilton, approved March 9, 1877.
(4) 
Special Acts and Resolutions of Connecticut, incorporating the GeorgeTown Fire District in Towns of Wilton, Redding and Weston, approved January 1933.
(5) 
Special Act No. 255, 1947 Session, empowering the Town of Wilton to acquire, construct, maintain and operate water supply systems and to issue bonds for such purposes, approved June 11, 1947.
(6) 
Special Act No. 232, House Bill No. 2324, authorizing the Town of Wilton to establish a retirement system for Town employees, approved June 19, 1960.
(7) 
Special Act 78-49, Substitute House Bill No. 5610, entitled "An Act Allowing the Town of Wilton to Pay Expenses of the GeorgeTown Fire District Attributable to the Wilton Section of the District," approved May 25, 1978.
B. 
All other Special Acts applicable to the Town:
(1) 
Are amended by this Charter to the extent inconsistent herewith;
(2) 
Are amended by this subsection to provide that, except to the extent incorporated in this Charter, they may henceforth be further amended or repealed by ordinance; and
(3) 
Otherwise remain in full force and effect as ordinances.
C. 
All ordinances, resolutions, bylaws and regulations of the Town in effect at the effective date of this Charter are amended by this Charter to the extent inconsistent herewith and otherwise continue in full force and effect as ordinances and resolutions.
A. 
Nothing in this Charter shall revive or restore to effect any Special Act, ordinance, resolution, bylaw or regulation repealed or any right or liability extinguished by the Charter of the Town of Wilton which took effect on November 4, 1962.
B. 
Nothing in this Charter shall affect any right, interest, claim, obligation, liability or defense by or against the Town, of whatever description and whether or not matured, existing as of the effective date of this Charter.