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

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 23 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, or any other general or special law or by-law to the contrary, the acts and proceedings taken by the town of Adams at the special town meeting held on November 18, 2002, in approving warrant articles involving appropriations from the free cash account, and all actions taken pursuant thereto, are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed to the same extent as if the department of revenue has certified the town's free cash before November 18, 2002.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.