Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any police relief association operating pursuant to this chapter, or any applicable special law, may pay a service pension or other retirement benefit to any eligible person who is not a resident of the United States if the person has established an account in a banking institution within the jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States, the banking institution serves as a trustee for the person and the payment of the service pension or retirement benefit is made to the banking institution.