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 any general or special law to the contrary, the colonel of the state police is hereby authorized to enlist, appoint and select for the purpose of training in preparation for appointment, as a member of the department of state police, a candidate who has successfully passed the oral board phase of the selection process and who became thirty-five years of age following the passing of such oral board; provided, however, that said candidate has successfully passed all phases of the selection process; and provided, further, that such enlistment, appointment and selection is made within one hundred and eighty days of the candidate's thirty-fifth birthday. This provision shall only apply to enlistments, appointments and selections made to the 73rd recruit training troop of the state police.