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. Section 10 of the charter of the city of Lawrence, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 425 of the acts of 1983, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 63 of the acts of 1999, is hereby amended by striking out subsection 10.8.

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