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 thirteen A of chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the town of Tewksbury is hereby authorized to establish a reserve police force.
Said reserve police force shall not be subject to the provisions of section twelve of said chapter one hundred and forty-seven and none of the positions on said reserve police force shall be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws.