Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, Dennis P. Grady, chief of the police department of the town of Mendon, shall be considered to have tenure in said office as defined in section 126 of chapter 41 of the General Laws.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.