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 to the contrary or the adoption by the town of Plainville at the election held on April 2, 2001 of civil service laws and rules relative to the position of firefighter, the effective date of such laws and rules shall be December 1, 2001.

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