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

Section 139 of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence the following sentence:- No fee shall be charged for a license for a dog owned by a person aged 70 years or over in any city or town that accepts this provision.