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 section 7 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, the accidental disability retirement allowance paid to retired police officer David Faria of the town of Dartmouth under said section 7 shall be increased to an amount equal to the retirement allowance to which he would have been entitled had he continued in service until the retirement date of October 1998.

SECTION 2. The Bristol county retirement board shall amend the retirement allowance of retired police officer David Faria to comply with this act. The town of Dartmouth shall be liable to the Bristol county retirement system for all costs and liabilities imposed upon said system pursuant to this act.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.