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

Subsection (b) of section 616 of chapter 26 of the acts of 2003 is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following paragraph:-

An eligible employee of the Nashoba associated boards of health shall file his application for retirement with the state board of retirement not later than April 15, 2004. The retirement date requested shall be June 1, 2004.