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, rule or regulation to the contrary regulating the maximum age of applicants for appointment as a firefighter, the administrator of the division of personnel administration shall certify the name of Kelly McNiff for original appointment to the position of firefighter in the town of Bourne according to the grade she received on her civil service examination for the position. If Kelly McNiff meets all of the requirements for such appointment to this position, the town of Bourne may appoint her.

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