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 any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, Thomas J. Foley of the city of Boston, son of Edward P. Foley, a deceased police officer of the city of Boston, shall be considered a son of a police officer who was killed or sustained injuries resulting in his death while in the performance of his duties and as a result of an assault on his person set forth in section 26 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, for the purposes of civil service eligibility for a position of police officer in the city of Boston.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect as of February 1, 2002.