Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-six of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws or any general or special law or rule to the contrary, the administrator of the division of personnel administration shall place and certify the name of Robert Mullins of the city of Lynn first on any existing or future eligible lists for firefighter on which his name appears in accordance with the provisions of said section twenty-six of said chapter thirty-one as if said Robert Mullins were a son of a firefighter who was killed or died of injuries received in the performance of his duty.