(a) This section shall apply only to the City of Fairfield in Jefferson County, Alabama.
(b) Every action taken pursuant to any statutory procedure by the City of Fairfield, and which procedure has been completed in the establishment of the corporation known as the Fairfield Civic Center, and notwithstanding any irregularity or defect in the procedure, shall be and is ratified, confirmed, and given effect in all respects as if all provisions of law relating to the procedure establishing the corporation had been duly and legally complied with. This section shall not apply to any procedures establishing or attempting to establish the corporation which, prior to July 31, 1995, have been held invalid by the Supreme Court of Alabama, the Civil Court of Appeals of Alabama, or by any final decree of the circuit court or other court of like jurisdiction in Jefferson County and from which decree an appeal was not taken to the Supreme Court of Alabama or the Civil Court of Appeals of Alabama within the time provided by law for taking appeals, the validity of which is an issue in any pending suit commenced prior to July 31, 1995.