Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Notwithstanding chapter 32B of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, part-time elected officials of the town of Swansea who receive a stipend shall not be eligible for participation in the town's contributory health and life insurance plan. Part-time elected officials elected prior to April 2004 who currently participate in the plan shall be eligible to continue participation until the end of their current terms. Part-time elected officials who receive a stipend and who elect to pay 100 per cent of the cost of such participation plus any administrative costs that may be assessed by the board of selectmen may be eligible to participate in the plan.