SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 455 of the acts of 2008 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10(c) of chapter 43B or of any general or special law to the contrary, the charter of the town of Webster which currently is on file in the office of the town clerk under the title, “Charter of the Town of Webster, Prepared for 2019 ATM”, and pursuant to which the town has been operating since the May 7, 2018, annual town election, including amendments to the town charter approved at the June 5, 2018 special town meeting, and ministerial revisions to bring the text of such charter into accord with the form voted at the October 30, 2017 special town meeting, is hereby ratified, validated and confirmed as the charter of the town of Webster.  Following the effective date of this act, the Town Clerk shall file copies of such charter with the offices of the Attorney General, Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Department of Housing and Community Development in accord with section 12 of chapter 43B of the general laws.  The charter may be amended or revised from time to time as provided in the constitution or the general Laws.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.