[HISTORY: Adopted by the Wilton Town Meeting 3-8-1956. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the provisions of Public Act No.
509, An Act Concerning Flood Control and Shore Erosion, a Flood and
Erosion Control Board is hereby established for the Town of Wilton.
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Wilton,
having been heretofore authorized and empowered to appoint a Flood
and Erosion Control Board for the Town of Wilton of five electors
of the Town, are further authorized and empowered to appoint a new
member or to reappoint an old member to said Board, and each new member
or old member so appointed or reappointed, as the case may be, shall
serve from the first Tuesday of October in the year in which he is
appointed or reappointed until the first Tuesday of October, five
years from date of such appointment or reappointment.
The Flood and Erosion Control Board of the Town
of Wilton shall have all the rights and powers conferred upon it pursuant
to the provisions of Public Act No. 509. The members of the said Flood
and Erosion Control Board shall elect a Chairman and a Secretary from
its members, shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and
shall keep a public record of its activities.
In the event of the resignation or death of
any members of the Board, any of the Selectmen of the Town of Wilton
may serve as a member of said Flood and Erosion Control Board with
all the rights and powers of all other members of such Board until
such time as the Board of Selectmen may appoint a new member to the
Flood and Erosion Control Board to fill out the remainder of the unexpired
term of any member of the Board who may have resigned or died during
his term in office.
No more than three members of one political
party shall be members of said Board.
