(a) All Town ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, orders, policies, and regulations which are in force at the time this charter becomes fully effective, shall remain in full force and effect excepting only those ordinances, resolutions, orders, policies, and regulations which are inconsistent with this charter.

(b) The adoption of this charter shall not effect any ordinance, resolution or bylaw lawfully enacted, adopted, ordained, or established by the Town of Richford or the former Village of Richford that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter, but the same shall remain in full force and effect until repealed, altered, or amended. The Selectboard, by resolution duly adopted, shall incorporate and adopt as Town ordinances all ordinances and bylaws of the former Village of Richford which have not in substance heretofore been adopted by the Town. (Added 1997, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)