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 10 of chapter 39 of the General Laws or any other general or special law or by-law to the contrary, the acts and proceedings taken by the town of Leicester at the annual town meeting and the special town meeting held on May 5, 2003, and all actions taken pursuant thereto, are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed to the same extent as if the warrants for the annual and special town meetings had been published in full compliance with law and town by-law.

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